'Malekula Island' Baking Chocolate by Firetree Chocolate 2kg
- Dark Cooking Chocolate - Vegan Cooking Chocolate
Brand: Firetree Chocolate
Create with Firetree 2kg bags of easy melt pieces. For
chefs, patissiers, chocolatiers, and home cooks who demand the best
ingredients and single-estate chocolate in their kitchens. Taste
notes of cherry, soft lemon, and white grape aromas give an essence
of lush fruit. The cocoa-farming village is in the centre of
Malekula island, which you get to by an 8-hour boat journey from
Port Vila or flying into a grass strip. The pilot flies over once a
day, and if he sees no-one waiting, he will fly on to the next
island, so you better not be late for your flight. The main dirt
track in the village connects the one store, a church and a well,
via a tractor and is as secluded and serene as you can get. The
amount of cocoa grown on the island of Malekula doesn’t even
register on the cocoa scale of production, which shows how rare it
is. The island is pure paradise, with the only predator being
coconut crabs, but as the name suggests and much to our relief,
they don’t go after the cocoa pods. In the 1920s cocoa entered the
island and through many changes of management and funding and
Malekula is now back up and running as a thriving cocoa producing
island. And for this, we must champion and support the fine cocoa
that grows on the island. Comes in a resealable pouch. 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.
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Price:
38.00
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