Peru 70%, Marañon

Peru 70% Marañon

There are rare cacao seeds like the Marañon, e variety of pure Nacional genetics, which was thought to be extinct, and which had accidentally been rediscovered in 2007 by Dan Pearson, in Perú, around the Marañon river. The cacao of the national genetics dominated the chocolate markets all over the world thanks to its notes of fruits and rare flowers, but in 1916 a devastating disease decimated the plants. 40% to 100% of the seeds in one single cacao pod are white. Today the harvest origins from the “Marañón Canyon” where around 1000 small farmers are cultivating cacao seeds of complex floral and fruity notes that will be apt to surprise and delight your palate.

Awards: SILVER European ICA 2023 - GOLD ITALIAN

 Notes: Intense floral notes, notes of candied fruit, cream, and molasses at the finish.

 Ingredients: Cacao beans, organic cane sugar, cacao butter.

70% % min cacao, May contain traces of milk and nuts