Semuliki Forest, Uganda 70% Dark Chocolate Bar - 70g
Flavour notes:
With a smooth and creamy texture, this chocolate evokes a more nutty flavour profile with hints of red bean paste and chocolate ganache coming through. A perfect choice for those who like a flavourful bar which melts in their mouth.
Ingredients: Cacao beans, cane sugar, cacao butter.
Ethically sourced Cacao:
Located in Bundibugyo, Western Uganda, Semuliki Forest cacao is grown by 1,002 organic smallholder farmers in the region, 52% of whom are women. Latitude Trade Co. (LTC), the company that processes and exports this cacao, has organized 6 rural collection points for farmers to access, where they sell fresh cacao weekly into the network and receive cash at the point of sale. LTC's centralized fermentation facility and warehouse is located in the village of Bumate, at the base of the hills leading into the mountains. The site is designed to take advantage of all possible available sunshine while limiting runoff from heavy rainfall. Fermentation boxes have a 500kg capacity and total duration of fermentation varies from 5.5-6.5 days. Beans are sun-dried on portable raised racks for 6-7 days and blended to create consistent lots before export.
Quoted from Uncommon Cacao 2022.