'After Dinner' Coffee Chocolate Bar Gift Box by Firetree
Chocolate (7 x 25g) - Coffee Chocolate Gift - Vegan Chocolate
Gift
Brand: Firetree Chocolate
These critically acclaimed coffee bars provide the
perfect after-dinner bars for any gathering this year. With four
25g creamy Oat Cappuccino bars and three 25g rich Papua New Guinea
coffee bars, guests can choose their favourite bar to accompany
their coffees, post-feast. Oat Cappuccino Firetree's Guadalcanal
cocoa farmers are based along the North coast of the island, not
too far from the historical Henderson airport. As education is
mandatory on all the islands we buy from, after school, all the
children are seen playing around the fermentation boxes and cocoa
boxes. Our main farmer has four sisters and a wife that help
maintain the farm. Each playing a part in the cocoa production –
from finance to fermenting - which means it’s a family discussion
when our Chocolate Makers goes out there to meet them and check the
crops. The fermenting of our cocoa beans takes place just 50 metres
from the main houses and with the smell of acetic acid (vinegar)
aroma that occurs during fermenting of cocoa being present during
harvest season. Due to the showery squalls that dash in from the
South Seas, our farmers are invested in solar drying enclosures in
the form of raised drying beds that can be quickly covered with
canvas after the 50-metre dash! This form of drying and not
fire-drying - allows the true flavours inherent in the cocoa bean
to come through without smokiness being a flavour note. The island
of Guadalcanal, nestled in the heart of the Solomon Islands, is
home to some of the finest cocoa from this region. Honiara is the
Capital of the Solomon Islands and main port for all exports,
including cocoa, coconut, and tuna. The cocoa trees grow in this
rich volcanic soil, protected from the midday sun beneath high
coconut palms. Papua New Guinea Our farmers are the Goodyear and
Middleton families, based on the gentle, fertile slopes of the
volcano. They are both some of the main employers on the island,
with farm hands having been there for generations and whole
families choosing to work there due to the fair conditions. Our
cocoa comes from KarKar island, which sits off the Northeast coast
of Papua New Guinea. As you arrive to KarKar Island by boat, the
vista is a visually accurate representation of what you’d expect to
see of a 40-mile-across volcano rising up from the sea! It’s
mammoth! There is no plane service so the only way on and off the
island is on the cocoa boat, which takes 6 hours and includes the
weekly school commute and any hospital trips required. The boat is
powered by coconut, to show how every part of one of the island’s
main crop is used to aplomb. The island itself is inhabited by
hundreds of different species of orchids which is a stunning sight,
as are the millions of fruit bats which dine on the plethora of
fruit produced - but not cocoa, thankfully. There are no monkeys on
the island and instead, the tree kangaroo took over as resident of
the rainforest trees of Papua New Guinea. About the Producer
Founded by two passionate chocolate makers and eaters with over 70
years of chocolate experience, we launched firetree in 2019 but
have been sourcing rare beans from remote oceanic islands for
several years now. We started firetree to create a range of
chocolate without parallel. Each island variation we make only uses
cocoa from a single estate. We create a range of single estate
chocolate bars, all with their own subtle tastes derived from the
volcanic soils of the islands the cocoa trees grow on. As we work
directly with our farmers, we are able to influence the picking,
fermenting and drying of the beans before they are shipped directly
to us in the UK. Our promise on sustainability: Instead of dealing
with our farmers through agents, we go to them directly. By cutting
out the middle man, the farmers get more for their hard work. Two
or three times the market rate in fact. It means they can provide
for their families, and commit to high agricultural standards that
makes for a great chocolate.
Store: www.thefoodmarket.com
Price:
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