Boliviano 70% Dark Chocolate

2023 Harvest Provenance: Community of Buena Vista, near Sapecho, Palos Blancos, Alto Beni. Bolivia This bean has been celebrated for its extremely complex mix of chocolate, fresh citrus, and aged fruit flavors.  About the main ingredient, cacao! From our supplier:  These cacao beans were grown and processed in our centralized fermentation plant in the community of Buena Vista, near Sapecho, Palos Blancos, Alto Beni, Bolivia, by the Alto Beni Cacao Co. (ABC). These extremely rare Heirloom (Silvestre, Wild, Boliviano) cacao beans are purchased unprocessed (in baba) by the ABC team near our plant in the Alto Beni region. Once dried, screened, and homogenized, these cacao beans are packed in GrainPro® bags at 7.5% humidity. They are significantly smaller than our other Walikeewa (Hybrid, Amelonado) beans. but they have 10% more cacao butter and lots more flavor. Hybrid cacao beans have about 55% cacao butter, while our Heirloom Beniano beans have 65%, which means a higher percentage of cho