Welcome into our Chocolate World!
We specialize in making Organic Bean-to-Bar Chocolate and Sugarless Chocolate
Authentic Chocolate is made by combining the seeds of a Fruit (Cacao) with Sugar.
Cacao is a large fruit growing on trees in the healthy tropical forests around the globe in the so called Cocoa Belt
Situated within +20º/-20º from the Equator line.
Cacao's seeds are a highly nutritious food and among the most powerful antioxidants known.
For Transparency, Sustainability and Quality reasons we choose to source Organic Fine Flavor Cacao only from Central and South America
"Fine Flavor" (higher quality as opposed to Bulk Cacao) characterizes a complex sensory profile composed of well-balanced aroma & flavour notes.
We then select Single Origin Organic Cacao (Single Region, Single Cooperative or Single Estate).
Our exceptional Sugarless Chocolate is made with Organic Monk Fruit
Wishing you all an Authentic experience!
Some History
Through the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés Cacao came from the Americas first to Spain in the early 1500s where it was only available among the Royals, the Court, the Aristocratic families and the Elites. It was a luxury treat.
Cacao has been kept a state secret in Spain for almost 100 years, before traveling to Turin (Italy) around 1560 as the result of a Love Story between Emanuele Filiberto - Duke of Savoy and Catherine of Spain.
Turin - where Cacao arrived directly from Spain before spreading all over Italy first, then all over Europe - remained the Italian capital of chocolate for many years and has a long standing tradition in chocolate manufacturing.
I'm Francesco, I was raised in Turin and always been fascinated by Cacao and its extraordinary nutritious properties. We make chocolate to share our passion for authentic foods.
The Process
It's a long process: we Sort Cacao Beans by hand, we then Roast, Winnow, Refine, Conch, Temper, Mold, Unmold and Pack our Chocolate Bars, all by hand.
We Craft our Chocolate in Micro-Batches (less than 80lbs) and It takes at least five days to go straight from the beans to the bars.
In order to Celebrate Nature's Diversity we typically offer the various Cacao Origins we select in Chocolate Bars ranging from 60%, 70%, 75%, up to 100% pure Cacao.
Besides Dark Chocolate we also offer other specialty bars like Monk Fruit Sugarless Bar and a few different Limited Edition Bars available occasionally.
For additional knowledge please read:
https://foodispower.org/human-labor-slavery/slavery-chocolate/
https://www.icco.org/fine-or-flavor-cocoa/InternationalCocoaAgreement,itsaromasandflavours
https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/media-centre/blog/7-things-people-get-wrong-about-fairtrade/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
