Origine Dark 70% Équateur

Cacao on Garyth farm grows in a sustainable agroforestry system, which helps to protect plant and animal life in the area, including the rich biodiversity of the TumbesChocó Magdalena national park. This park is one of the top 25 world biodiversity hotspots and stretches over 3 countries. While the biodiversity is relatively intact in Colombia and Peru, it is highly threatened in Ecuador because of deforestation and monoculture farming. Garyth’s approach to cacao production is a shining example of how well nature and farming can live together in harmony. As a passionate and knowledgeable organic farmer, Thomas has introduced various natural systems to protect his trees and crops from diseases and to stimulate pollination and healthy growth of the cacao pods. In 2019 his hard work was rewarded with organic certification. Finca Garyth Nacional cacao has a complex and mild profile dominated by wild tropical flavors, floral notes

Plateaux Region is renowned for its beautiful natural environment with tropical forests and natural waterfalls. However, tree cover has diminished considerably over the last decades, resulting in land degradation and loss of biodiversity. Forests were cut due to slash and burn agriculture. Also, wood is an important energy source most households cook their food on it. Interestingly, cacao and coffee cultivation is an important protection for Togolese forests. Farmers grow these crops traditionally under the canopy of natural forests, sometimes intercropped with other crops, a socalled agroforestry system. Because their livelihood depends on it, farmers have a big incentive not to cut down trees. On the contrary, they protect the forests from further degradation and – as a consequence – help to preserve biodiversity. This cacao has a fullbody with pleasant chocolate tones, low acidity, herbal and woody hints, and coconut and almond flavour notes.

Kerala vanilla comes from the region of the same name in India. If it is a planifolia vanilla like the vast majority of vanilla in the world. India is a country more known for its various spices than for its vanilla,it is necessary to note that vanilla farmers make wonders here. The vanilla of Kerala is a very beautiful product which will seduce the person in a delicate way. Vanilla farming has brought back the smiles and success to a handful of farmers in Kerala at a time when prices of other plantation crops are moving down. The production in India has registered a 10 percent growth, touching around 40 tonnes, thanks to a conducive climate prevailing in producing regions. CHOCOLATE WITH SWEETENERS cocoa beans, cocoa butter, sweeteners inositol, erythritol, ribose, collagen, octanoic acid (coconut mct), vanilla pods (1%), sweetener thaumatin (katemfe fruit). Contains at least 60% cocoa ingredients.

The name “Bourbon vanilla” is specific to vanilla produced in the Indian Ocean, and more particularly in Madagascar, the Comoros, the Seychelles, Reunion and Mauritius. This name comes from the name of the kings of France who reigned from 1589 to 1789, then from 1815 to 1848. These kings had given their name to Reunion Island, which was called ” Bourbon Island ” in 1642 when the French took possession of it. Bourbon Gold vanilla from Madagascar is a very beautiful product which seduces by its olfactory and gustatory qualities. It is appreciated for its cocoa and fruity notes and its pods, the result of a long maturing process in wooden trunks. For the record, the maturing process is the final stage in the cultivation of vanilla. It is at this time that the pod develops all its fragrances and aromas and is transformed into a luxury product.