Chocolate 80% · Lenca, El Salvador

BEAN TO BAR · SMALL BATCH  

Net weight: 33 g

Precise origin of cocoa: 📍HaCienda S.José del Real de la Carrera, Bahía de Jiquilisco, Usulután, El Salvador, Central America.

This chocolate was created with cocoa beans that we source directly and transparently. We processed it using slow artisanal methods to preserve the personality of the cocoa and its nutritional properties.

Ingredients: Stone-ground cocoa beans (80%), cane sugar (origin Laos)

Aromatic profile: Fruit cake, tropical fruit notes, Mediterranean forest, floral

How to best enjoy it: between meals, let a small piece melt and chew slowly in your mouth.

Cocoa purchasing method: directly from the plantation without intermediaries

Variety: Xirihualtique – native genetics from El Salvador

Plantation altitude: 20 meters above sea level

Fermentation: Wet cocoa beans are placed in conacaste wooden boxes to ferment for about 5 days with rotation at 48/h, 24/h, 24h, 24/h, depending on the season.

Natural drying: Once fermentation is complete, the cocoa is first placed in large ventilated wooden bins for pre-drying. Once the acidity level has decreased, the cocoa is then placed on ventilated beds raised off the ground to proceed with sun drying.

Roasting: light and short, below 115ºC

Processing: stone-ground for about 3 days inside the mills

NUTRITIONAL VALUES PER 100 g

Energy 2520 g, 607 Kcal, Fat 44 g, of which saturated fatty acids 26 g, Carbohydrates 40 g, of which sugars 20 g, Fiber 9 g, Protein 11 g, Salt 0 g

Packaging: Recycled paper box, aluminum inner wrapping

All our products are:

🌱 Vegan Friendly

❌ WITHOUT:

🚫 Lecithins

🚫 Added Flavors

🚫 Preservatives

🚫 Lactose/Milk

🚫 Gluten

🚫 Added vegetable oils

🚫 Added cocoa butter