Willie’s Cacao – Sambirano, Madagascar, Dark 55%
Maker: Willie’s Cacao
£3.95
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This unusual 55% dark chocolate bar from Willie’s Cacao is fruity and sweet, made with beans grown and cultivated in the Sambirano Valley in Madagascar.
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About the bar
Dark craft chocolate bars tend to hover around and above the 70% mark, so this 55% dark bar from Willie’s is unusual. The extra bit of sugar adds a lovely sweetness to the bar, but the complex flavours of the Madagascan cocoa beans are still the star of the show. We picked up on lovely fruity notes of fresh stone fruits and berries.
About the maker
You may remember Willie Harcourt-Cooze as the larger-than-life character behind Channel 4’s “Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory” back in 2008. The series followed Willie from his cacao farm in Venezuela through his roller coaster ride setting up his bean-to-bar chocolate factory in Devon.
Willie is a true pioneer of the artisan chocolate movement in the UK, and the first of the modern independent bean-to-bar makers. His passion is to open people’s eyes to real chocolate. By this he means chocolate that really brings alive the flavour characteristics of the great single-estate beans that he uses. The recipe is simple – cacao, natural cocoa butter and raw cane sugar – no vanilla and no soya lecithin, nothing that can get in the way of the flavour of the beans.
The beans
The beans in this bar are grown in the Sambirano Valley on the northwest coast of Madagascar, where a humid micro-climate and rich volcanic soil makes it the perfect place for growing cocoa trees.
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- Better pay for farmers
- Sustainably crafted
- Expertly curated
- Ingredients traced from farm to bar
- Safe and secure checkout
- Made to be savoured
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