• LetterPress Tranquilidad Bolivia 70%
  • LetterPress Tranquilidad Bolivia 70%
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LetterPress Tranquilidad Bolivia 70%

LetterPress Tranquilidad Bolivia 70%

Weight: 57 g

$18.00
$18.00
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Reasons to Love

Bean to Bar

Bean to Bar

Direct-Source Cacao

Direct Sourced

Woman Owned

Woman Owned

Tranquilidad is wild-harvested cacao from Bolivia and fermented by world-renowned cacao expert Volker Lehmann. The Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund had these beans genetically tested by the USDA and it's been verified 97.3% Boliviano, also known as Beniano cacao. You've heard of Criollo, Nacional, Porcelana? Beniano is in a class all it's own.

Tasting Notes: Buttercream, espresso

Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter

For the first time, they're releasing a bar that required not only new packaging, but a new mold. Their first custom mold since they started nearly six years ago, with the incredibly detail-oriented team at Micelli in New York.

Manufactured in a facility which also processes dairy"

Trace Dairy

Manufactured in a facility which also processes peanuts

Trace Peanuts

Soy Free

Soy Free

Manufactured in a facility which also processes treenuts

Trace Treenut

Organic refined sugar or alternative sweetener, and no animal products (ie defacto vegan)

Vegan+

Gluten Free

Gluten Free

Awards
AOC-gold-2022 Award AOC-gold-2021 Award AOC-gold-2020 Award
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Maker

LetterPress Chocolate

LetterPress Chocolate was cofounded by David and Corey Menkes in Los Angeles, CA. They founded LetterPress with the purpose of paying cocoa farmers a a premium for quality, sourcing their cacao through direct trade, and working with partners such as Uncommon Cacao, Meridian Cacao. Quality above quantity with as few ingredients as possible to make the best chocolate possible is their mission. On the inside flap of every bar is their favorite quote from Benjamin Franklin: “The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.”

Cacao Strain

Beniano

The native wild-grown cacao of Bolivia, Beniano is perhaps better known as nacional de Bolivia or even cacao silvestre. That’s because this strain grows wild along the upper part of the Río Bení in northern Bolivia; locals collect pods via canoe, as they ripen. The further south you go, the more indigenous genetic material the fruits tend to contain. Beniano have relatively small pods, meaning less yield per fruit, and a sweet, nutty, and fruity flavor. The overall rich and balanced character of the beans means that even slight changes in fermentation or roasting can cause a huge difference in the final taste of a product, resulting in an overall crowd-pleasing cacao.

Customer Reviews

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Richard R.
Amazing

This letterpress 70% is one of the best chocolates we have ever tasted! Outrageously expensive…, I will definitely buy again.

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Oscar
Not their best

I fell in love with letterpress chocolate for the Ucayali River bar. Noticing this one is made of wild cocoa beans I was intrigued to try it
I am disappointed
It is a very good chocolate but not a huge complexity in taste
I have Gad much better wild chocolate from different makers before