70% Single-Origin Bar - Anamalai Estate, India

This chocolate bar was handcrafted with a mix of cacaos called Forastero and Criollo. It is fermented in wooden boxes and sun-dried on raised beds. Variety: Forastero, Criollo Flavor profile: guava, peanut, caramel The Grower The Anamalai Farm is a cacao, coconut and nutmeg farm located near the town of Pollachi, in a region famous throughout India for its high-quality coconuts. The entire area is covered in coconut plantations. Harish Manoj and Karthi Palaniswami, who own and operate the farm, have intercropped their own coconut palms with nutmeg and cacao trees to diversify and keep the land healthy. They manage their water use by drip irrigation and keep a small herd of cows for weeding and manure compost.  Even though cacao has been produced in India for more than 50 years, its cacao production remains small, representing only 0.3% of the world’s production. Throughout this time, India had been importing already-made chocolate from the UK, but recently there has been an increase in