'Mindanao 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 citrus, honey, and caramel, yielding a gentle yet rich
taste. As commercial cocoa is relatively recent in the Philippines,
it is still made up of multi-crop small holders where they grow
cocoa alongside a whole host of crops, mainly for the local market
– think pineapple, coconut, and yams. There are more cooperatives
in the Philipps as each farmer doesn’t produce enough beans to
build a fermentary. Mindanao is the southernmost main island in the
Philippines group, just inside the “Goldilocks zone” 10 degrees
either side of the equator. It is Firetree’s only cocoa origin
North of the Equator. The cocoa we buy directly from our farmer
grows on the slopes between Mount Apo and Davao city in the fertile
tropical rainforest-like conditions. 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
GBP
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