Coffee Chocolate Set by Firetree Chocolate (6 x 25g) -
Volcanic Chocolate
Brand: Firetree Chocolate
Coffee lovers rejoice - it's time to indulge in
Firetree's two 25g bars. Our Oat Cappuccino bar, made from rich
chocolate from the Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, fruity Columbian
coffee, and toasted gluten-free oats all marry perfectly to create
this decadently creamy plant-based cappuccino bar. And for lovers
of rich chocolate and coffee, our Papua New Guinea KarKar Island
Cocoa and Coffee Bar - the Papua New Guinean coffee is refined and
conched into the chocolate resulting in an exciting flavour
journey. This neat taster pack will help propel your coffee break
to the next level and is a super treat for coffee lovers. Contains
6 x 25g bars. Guadalcanal Our 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. 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
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