VRAE 80% Dark Chocolate bar - Junín, Ayacucho, Cusco -Peru

  Provenance: Junín, Ayacucho, Cusco, Peru Incredibly smooth origin with a long-lasting flavor. Our tasting notes: fruity and citric; low acidity; dreamy cinnamon and cardamon notes.  Ingredients: Native VRAEs, Native Chunchos, with Criollos and Trinitarios beans, organic cane sugar, and cacao butter. About this bean: (From our bean supplier) The VRAE bean origin is made up of a variety of exceptional Native aromatic cacaos, including VRAE-15, VRAE-99, and Native Chunchos, as well as Criollos and Trinitarios. It’s harvested at an altitude of 400–1300 m and expresses a flavor profile toward fruity (soursop, mandarin, custard apple) with herbal to floral notes. ​The fermentation is done in Tornillo hardwood boxes—an exceptional type of wood for fermenting that does not add flavors to the cacao—and lasts six to seven days with a bean rotation done every day after the first two days. After a very well-controlled box fermentation, the VRAE beans then get transferred to mounds to dry, stirri