Akesson's Madagascar Criollo 100% Dark Chocolate

$14

Akesson's Madagascar Criollo 100% Dark Chocolate

Weight: 60 g

$14

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REASONS TO LOVE

Tree to Bar

Akesson's 100% Madagascar is their second most popular 100% chocolate, (Pralus Le 100% being first).

You see 100% and you might expect something very bitter, but here they have a tart creamy bar that is no doubt intensely strong. It has a very expressive cocoa aroma with subtle fruity-sweet tartness and pleasant flavor notes that evoke citrus and red berries.

MAKER: Akesson's
COUNTRY: France
CACAO ORIGIN: Sambirano Valley Madagascar

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Ingredients: 100% organic cocoa: organic cocoa beans, organic cocoa butter.

May contain traces of milk, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soy.

Attention CA Residents: Prop 65 Warning

EU Organic

Vegan+

Trace Dairy

Trace Peanuts

Sesame Free

Trace Soy

Trace Tree Nuts

Trace Gluten

REAL CHOCOLATE

Fine chocolate has rich, nuanced flavors that change with origin and cacao variety.

ETHICALLY SOURCED

Our makers source cacao to high standards and produce responsibly from bean to bar.

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Maker

Akesson's

Akesson's founded by Bertil Akesson is largely responsible for some of the super fine cacao we see coming from Madagascar. Bertil manages several estates in the Sambirano Valley, and also has a few plantations in Indonesia and Brazil. Bertil is one of the pioneers of the bean to bar chocolate movement, and produces a line of single origin and inclusion bars using the spices that also grow on his plantations. Akesson's focuses on high quality cocoa while maintaining sustainable practices. Not only has Akesson's won many awards, other chocolate makers have also won awards for their bars with Akesson's cacao.

Cacao region

Sambirano Valley

Perhaps the most famous growing region in the world, northern Madagascar's Sambirano Valley is known for its incredibly fruity cacao and aromatic herbs & spices. Over the past few decades three main plantations have popped up in the area to supply cacao to chocolate makers around the world, as well as some of the world's most valuable botanicals, namely vanilla, ylang-ylang, and essential oil extracts.

Cacao estate

Akesson

Perhaps one of the most famous origins in the world, Akesson’s Estate consists of several individual farms in northwestern Madagascar’s Sambirano Valley. The most prolific of these is certainly Bejofo Estate, which alone produces around 300 tons of cocoa each year. Over the last decade, Malagasy cacao (cacao grown on Madagascar) has earned a reputation for fruity, almost juicy cacao beans, which transform into some of the most unique chocolate in the world. All of the cacao grown on Akesson Estate is organic-certified.