Dandelion Costa Esmeraldas Ecuador 85%

Weight: 56 g

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The beans for this bar were grown by producers all over Ecuador, and fermented by Vicente Norero in Guayaquil. Annie admires Vicente’s innovative outlook and creative fermentation style. In this bar, we taste chocolatey notes with hints of almond butter and dark espresso.

Ingredients: Made with just cocoa beans and sugar; no added cocoa butter, lecithin, or vanilla. Free of soy, dairy, eggs, and gluten, and it is made in a factory that does not process nuts.

Maker
Dandelion Chocolate
Country
United States
Cacao Origin
Esmeraldas

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INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Ingredients: Made with just cocoa beans and sugar; no added cocoa butter, lecithin, or vanilla. Free of soy, dairy, eggs, and gluten, and it is made in a factory that does not process nuts.

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Maker

Dandelion Chocolate

Dandelion Chocolate is a San Francisco-based maker that uses only two ingredients: cacao and sugar. Most of their bars are held at 70% cacao, which highlights the natural flavor differences between origins. Founded by Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring, Dandelion has become one of the most recognized names in American craft chocolate. A strong gift for anyone who wants to explore how origin shapes chocolate flavor.

Cacao Region

Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Esmeraldas is the northernmost province of Ecuador, bordering both the Pacific Ocean and western Colombia. The province is notable for its strong Afro-Ecuadorian culture & seafood-based cuisine, as well as the beautiful beaches. Much of Esmeraldas’ population relies upon agriculture to make a living, with the most important crops being banana, tobacco, coffee, and cacao.

Cacao Estate

Costa Esmeraldas

Located in the coastal Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas, this family-run estate has experienced a complete turnaround in recent years. After nearly a decade of their farm just scraping by through selling produce into the commodity market, in 2015 the Salazar family took on the project of completely revamping the 100-hectare farm. This included adding a complete post-harvest processing facility on-site, which is now managed by Freddy Salazar, the youngest sibling in the family. Management of the cacao orchards create over 40 full-time jobs within the local community in rural Esmeraldas, while the fine flavor neo-nacional beans they grow are now used by over a dozen chocolate companies around the world. Makers favor it for its strong base notes of cocoa, roasted nuts, and light fruitiness, with almost no astringency or bitterness.

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Dandelion Costa Esmeraldas Ecuador 85%