'Guadalcanal' 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 red fruits, citrus, and plum, with enduring cocoa
undertones. 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. 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. 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.
Store: www.thefoodmarket.com
Price:
38.00
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