Dark chocolate 75% cocoa PERU Bean to bar

Aromatic profile: spicy, turmeric curry, chocolate, cocoa, caramel, yellow fruit, vegetal, woody, green tea, cardamom. Here is a chocolate that makes you travel! Ingredients: cocoa bean*, blond cane sugar*(1). * ingredient from organic farming (1) fair trade ingredient Our tablets are all packaged in a biodegradable and compostable bag in household compost. The cardboard that protects it was printed in Brittany with vegetable inks! VRAE cocoa beans come from the south-central region of the Peruvian jungle. In particular, it comes from the border between three departments: Junín, Ayacucho and Cuzco, more precisely from the area where 3 rivers meet: Valley of the Rivers: Apurimac, Ene, Mantaro. Cocoa is harvested at altitudes ranging from 400 to 1300 meters above sea level. Over the past 10+ years, the government has invested a lot of time and incentives for farmers to plant coffee and cocoa crops. (management assistance, networking, also facilitated with (organic) certifications) VRAE cocoa is made from a variety of amazing native aromatic cocoas such as Chuncho, VRAE-15, VRAE-99, as well as other natives. The aromatic notes typical of this region are towards the fruity side (Soursop, tangerine, custard apple), with some herbs and flowers. The fermentation of the cocoa beans is done in boxes made of soft wood (mainly "Tornillo" wood, which is a local variety of wood. "Tornillo" means "screw" in Spanish). Fermentation is carried out for 6 days - with grain rotation carried out daily after the first 2 days After a very well-controlled can fermentation, the cocoa is then transferred to tarpaulins for drying. Total drying is generally 7 days... but can be longer or shorter depending on the weather. (If it rains, it covers itself). Regarding the VRAE region: This area was once mainly coca growing areas. Although there is absolutely nothing wrong or illegal with planting coca, as it is a fantastic plant for various medicinal purposes and has a rich history with the Inca past and the descendant communities (it is a sacred plant for many), we all know that unfortunately it is also the main ingredient in the illegal production of the cocaine drug. The region was full of malevolent, dangerous and oppressive activities... Thus, for some years now, the Peruvian government and various international governments, including the United States, have contributed to the promotion of alternative cultures. This is where coffee and cocoa come in. Although the cocoa tree has been present in this region for millennia, it was now used as a great promoter of a better way of life...a more sustainable and better income for the sustainability of the rainforest. .