• Fresco Polochic Valley 70% cacao medium roast chocolate bar
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Fresco Polochic Valley Medium Roast 70%

Fresco Polochic Valley Medium Roast 70%

Weight: 50 g

$13.50
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The 70% Medium Roast has a subtle earthy note up front with lingering red fruit and caramel notes as the chocolate melts. The medium cocoa roast creates a unique chocolate flavor profile that is different from this bar's light and dark roasted cousins. They use a long conche cycle on this chocolate recipe to create a mellow, subtle chocolate experience. They invite you to experience Polochic Valley for yourself, they think you will be impressed.

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No animal products, but sugar of uncertain origin

Vegan

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Dairy Free Facility

Dairy Free

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Peanut Free Facility

Peanut Free

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Sesame Free

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Soy Free

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Tree Nut Free

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Gluten Free

INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Ingredients: cocoa beans, cane sugar, cocoa butter

Contains no allergens.

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    Our chocolate makers source cacao at high standards beyond Fair Trade, and produce responsibly.

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Maker

Fresco

Rob Anderson makes Fresco chocolate in Lynden, Washington, using a distinctive approach: he creates multiple bars from the same cacao by varying roast and conch profiles. This means shoppers can taste how processing changes flavor, even when the beans are identical. Fresco uses just three ingredients: cacao beans, cane sugar, and cocoa butter. A particularly interesting choice for anyone curious about what drives flavor differences in craft chocolate.

Maker - Fresco
Region - Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

Cacao Region

Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

Alta Verapaz is a department in central Guatemala, with its capital in Cobán. All of Guatemala was at one point a part of the Maya civilization, including the Alta Verapaz region, and most of the area's residents are still part of one of the surviving groups and primarily speak their native language rather than Spanish. The majority of the fine flavor cacao exported from Guatemala comes from the tropical jungles of the Alta Verapaz region via Cacao Verapaz, a specialty cacao exporter based in Cobán, and focused on working with indigenous communities to preserve their native cacao varietals.

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APODIP

APODIP, or the Asociación de Productores Orgánicos para el Desarrollo Integral del Polochic, is an association of coffee and cacao producers in Guatemala’s Alta Verapaz region. APODIP’s cacao farmers span 35 small communities across the Polochic Valley, and collectively they support and manage the protection of a neighboring forest reserve. The Association’s farmer families are relatively more experienced in the commercialization of coffee, but with the partnership of Cacao Verapaz, they’ve been able to bring their high quality cacao to an international market. The beans not only benefit from uniquely hot fermentation conditions in the valley; there’s also something special about the genetics of cacao in the area, lending a beautiful blend of nutty and caramel flavors to the beans.