French Broad Dark Chocolate - Nicaragua

The French Broad Dark Chocolate Nicaragua is brought to us by a couple who enjoyed their craft. It all started with a trip to Costa Rica, which was an eyeopener for them. Since then, they have owned a few successful businesses. But it took them a few years to come up with the bean-to-bar chocolate masterpiece. It is to be expected; after all, masterpieces are worth the wait.  They found themselves traveling all over Central and South America, including Costa Rica, Perú, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, the place that inspired this origin-oriented dark chocolate bar. The cacao beans from Nicaragua come from Cacao Bisiesto, a company founded in a leap year hence its name. They grow Criollo and other cacao varieties, and this has been happening for generations. The owners Giff and Jose have preserved the varietals, but are now using precision dried, and fermented steps to produce exceptional flavor cacao beans.  Although the pods might be sourced from Nicaragua, the Origin chocolate bar is shape