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We worked very carefully on this chocolate bar to deliver you something that is pure and properly balanced in flavor and experience to draw you back to being more connected with nature. The cacao is so remarkable that we found this balance at 80%. The ancestral cacao has very low bitterness, a rich chocolate flavor with nuttiness, soft fruit, and caramel.

When Denise presented this chocolate to Mamo Camilo, he said, "This chocolate captures the essence of the Arhuaco ancestral cacao.

"Note from Maker: Arhuacos are working together in ceremony to bring balance back to the Earth. Therefore, they are not producing cacao right now. Supply is very limited and that bar represents so much more than chocolate, and there is a temporary hike in price due to this.

Ingredients: organic cocoa beans, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter

Maker
Castronovo
Country
United States
Cacao Origin
Colombia

Castronovo Arhuaco Village 80%

Weight: 62 g

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When Denise presented this chocolate to Mamo Camilo, he said, "This chocolate captures the essence of the Arhuaco ancestral cacao.

Ingredients: organic cocoa beans, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter

Maker
Castronovo
Country
United States
Cacao Origin
Colombia

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Castronovo

Castronovo was started by Denise Castronovo in Stuart, Florida. While Castronovo was only launched in 2013, Denise has made some strikingly different and exceptional chocolate that has won over twenty awards both nationally and internationally. Denise is the first woman-owned bean to bar chocolate company in the U.S that won an award from the International Chocolate Awards! Denise picks heirloom varieties of cacao from remote regions that help to conserve the rainforest and highlight the exclusive flavors from those regions. Castronovo also ensures that the beans she uses come from plantations that naturally exist in the wild, or from small farms that practice sustainable farming. Denise is there every step of the way to ensure not only quality chocolate bars but ensuring that even the beans are carefully looked after. Castronovo decided to get into the chocolate making business after her original career as an ecologist and owning her own company that uses mapping technology to look at satellite imagery for ecological health slowed down in 2008. She purchased a bag of cacao beans, when it dawned on her that, that was the first time she realized where chocolate comes from.

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Rich flavors with caramel notes

Upon biting into this bar and letting it melt in your mouth, you’ll notice the earthy caramel tones of the chocolate. It melts smoothly and has a clean finish to it. There are some fruity notes in it as well.

Castronovo Arhuaco Village 80%

Besides the high cacao percentage, it has a very delicate and aromatic flavor profile. Hard snap and clover honey scents. Rich yet elegant creamy texture. The flavor is driven by the lavender aroma from the beginning to the end: earthy, woody, herbaceous, light mint-like taste and floral with a green pungent finish on the tip and on the sides of your tongue. It is not over yet. When each piece melts in your mouth, you`ll be mesmerized by the subtle sweet white grape taste followed by the bitterness of the pleasant walnuts.

Castronovo Arhuaco Village 80%

I absolutely love this bar! I detected some lavender undertones too.

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Collection title: Arauca, Colombia

Collection description: With the exception of the westernmost region, most of Arauca state is comprised of plains, whose soil has shown to be good conditions for growing cacao, banana, cassava, rice, corn, and various other fruits. However, the main economic activity of Arauca is centered around the oil industry, with the state’s Caño Limón oil fields being the second-largest in the country. The name Arauca is believed to derive from the name of the Indigenous Arawak (Arhuaco in Spanish) people, whose descendants still inhabit several regions across Colombia, including much of Arauca state.

Collection title: Cacao Origin: Colombia

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Collection title: Castronovo

Collection description: Castronovo was started by Denise Castronovo in Stuart, Florida. While Castronovo was only launched in 2013, Denise has made some strikingly different and exceptional chocolate that has won over twenty awards both nationally and internationally. Denise is the first woman-owned bean to bar chocolate company in the U.S that won an award from the International Chocolate Awards! Denise picks heirloom varieties of cacao from remote regions that help to conserve the rainforest and highlight the exclusive flavors from those regions. Castronovo also ensures that the beans she uses come from plantations that naturally exist in the wild, or from small farms that practice sustainable farming. Denise is there every step of the way to ensure not only quality chocolate bars but ensuring that even the beans are carefully looked after. Castronovo decided to get into the chocolate making business after her original career as an ecologist and owning her own company that uses mapping technology to look at satellite imagery for ecological health slowed down in 2008. She purchased a bag of cacao beans, when it dawned on her that, that was the first time she realized where chocolate comes from.

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Collection description: These chocolates do not list soy products as a main ingredient. Some of the chocolates say: "may contain traces of soy" where perhaps a very small amount may have come in contact with the food due to shared equipment or facility usage. Each product has icons that indicate whether a product is completely soy free or may contain traces.

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