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Fresco O'Payo Medium Roast 100%

Fresco O'Payo Medium Roast 100%

Weight: 50 g

Regular price $14.00
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Reasons to Love

Bean to Bar

Bean to Bar

Direct-Source Cacao

Direct Sourced

Woman Owned

Woman Owned

O'Payo is an organic fine cocoa variety from the Waslala municipality, within the Bosawas Natural Reserve in the northern mountains of Nicaragua. Profundo describes a long fermentation and slow drying process, producing flavors of ripe fruits and nuts with floral and spicy notes.

Gluten, dairy, nuts and soy free

Awards
AOC-silver-2021 Award

Dairy Free

Dairy Free

Peanut Free

Peanut Free

Soy Free

Soy Free

Tree Nut Free

Tree Nut Free

No animal products, but sugar of uncertain origin

Vegan

Gluten Free

Gluten Free

INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Ingredients: organic cocoa beans

Contains no allergens.

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Maker

Fresco

Fresco is a small craft chocolate maker in Lynden, Washington. The founder of Fresco, Rob Anderson, releases several combinations of roasting and conch profiles to create different variation bars from the same beans. Anderson, originally a computer scientist, took a trip to Washington and visited a chocolate shop and took a tour which initially sparked his chocolate interest. Since then, Anderson created his own machines to make small batches of test chocolate. While only using three ingredients for his bars; cacao beans, cane sugar and cacao butter, Fresco’s flavor range is uniquely diverse. He chose the name Fresco meaning fresh in Italian, which could translate into fresh taste, fresh ideas, or a fresh approach to chocolate making.

Cacao Region

Waslala, Nicaragua

Waslala is a town and municipality in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. The country’s national revolution during the 1970’s and 80’s affected Waslala tremendously, as it was the location of many guerrilla fights. But these days Waslala and the surrounding areas are more peaceful, covered with vegetation, rivers and streams, and scenic views of the countryside. The fine flavor cacao from this region currently comes from the Ingemann group. It’s produced by a cooperative of about 150 farmers located in the nearby rainforest, which is the largest in Central America, second only to the Amazon Rainforest.

Customer Reviews

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Juli
Very good

Fresco makes great chocolate and this bar is no exception. Balanced as described, and great with fruit or coffee.