These cocoa beans comes from Kilombero Valley in Tanzania. The beans are fermented in banana leaf lined boxes constructed locally. A three-tier cascade box system is used and the beans are fermented on average in six days. After fermentation the beans are dried on tables during five to seven days.
Flavour profile: Red fruit, berries, apples, plums, tropical fruit as well as pleasant woody notes and light chocolate batter notes.
Ingredients:
Cocoa beans*/cocoa butter* 75%
Sugar* 24%, Chilli* approx. 0.3 g.
Nutritional content per 100g:
Energy 530 kcal, fat 43 g
carbohydrate 30 g.
*From organic production
Cocoa has a long history in Tanzania, with the first introduction of the tree to the country likely taking place in the 1880s.
Analyses have shown that the beans are a mix of classic Trinitario (Amelonado x Criollo), with the slight presence of Neo-Nacional.
