Chocolate 72% · Cuyancùa, El Salvador

BEAN TO BAR · SMALL BATCH · LIMITED EDITION

Net weight: 33 g

Exact origin of cocoa : 📍 Finca Cuyancùa, Atecozol, Sonsonate, El Salvador, Central America

This chocolate is made with cocoa grown on our small family farm in a dense agroforestry system.

Ingredients: Stone-ground cocoa beans (72%), cane sugar (Origin Laos)

Aromatic profile: notes of coffee, honey, dates, hazelnuts

Best enjoyed: Between meals, let a small piece dissolve in your mouth and chew slowly.

How to buy cocoa : directly from the plantation

Variety : Fino de Aroma – Trinitarios-acriollados

Plantation altitude : 400 m above sea level

Harvest : June – September 2023

Fermentation: The wet cocoa beans are placed in sealed wooden crates to ferment for approximately 5 days with rotation 48/h, 24/h, 24/h, 24/h, depending on the season.

Natural drying: once fermentation is complete, the cocoa is pre-dried in a dedicated space using an eco-friendly hot air system. This hot air is generated by recycling the heat accumulated in the fermentation center's roof, allowing the acids to escape for a couple of days. After this, the cocoa is formally dried in a ventilated and protected greenhouse.

Roasting : light and short, below 115ºC

Processing : stone pressed for about 3 days inside the mills 

NUTRITIONAL VALUES PER 100 g

Energy 2520 g, 607 Kcal, Fat 41 g, of which saturated fatty acids 26 g, Carbohydrates 41 g, of which sugars 28 g, Fiber 8 g, Protein 9 g, Salt 0.0 g

Packaging : Recycled paper case, internal aluminum casing 

 All our products are:

🌱 VEGAN

❌ WITHOUT:

🚫 Lecithins

🚫 Added Flavors

🚫 Preservatives

🚫 Lactose/Milk

🚫 Gluten

🚫 Added vegetable oils

🚫 Cocoa butter added