Luisa Abram Rio Acara Wild Cocoa 70% bar in red brown geometric wrapper
Luisa Abram Rio Acará Wild Cocoa 70%
$16.75
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Luisa Abram Rio Acara Wild Cocoa 70% bar in red brown geometric wrapper
  • Luisa Abram Rio Acara Wild Cocoa 70% bar in red brown geometric wrapper
  • Luisa Abram Rio Acara Wild Cocoa 70% red wrapper with Amazon map and gold seal
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Luisa Abram Rio Acará Wild Cocoa 70%

Weight: 80 g
$16.75

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REASONS TO LOVE

Made at Origin Made at Origin Made at Origin
Bean to Bar Bean to Bar Bean to Bar
Direct Sourced Direct-Source Cacao Direct Sourced
BIPOC Owned BIPOC Owned BIPOC Owned
Woman Owned Woman Owned Woman Owned
Family Owned Family Owned Family Owned

Luisa Abram is known for venturing into the Brazilian Amazon in search of the region's many native cacao varietals, and then turning those cacaos into amazing single-region chocolates. This 70% dark chocolate bar was crafted from wild cocoa from the Rio Acará region of the Brazilian Amazon. It has distinct notes of Brazil nut, caramel, and pineapple, all naturally occurring within the cacao beans themselves. The bar has a more solid texture relative to other chocolates, as the cacao from Rio Acará has a lower fat content than most other regions' harvests.

About the cacao: in the Baixo Amazonas Hydrographic Basin, cocoa purchased from several families on the banks of the Acará and Arauaia Rivers is fermented by women from two of these families. This cocoa belongs to the family of amelonados, and has high genetic purity.
MAKER
Luisa Abram
COUNTRY
Brazil
CACAO ORIGIN
ParaBrazil

AWARDS

AOC gold 2018
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INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Ingredients: wild cocoa and organic sugar.

May contain traces of milk, tree nuts and peanuts.

Attention CA Residents: Prop 65 Warning
Vegan+No animal products, and vegan sugar or alternative sweetenerVegan+
Trace Dairy Manufactured in a facility which also processes dairyTrace Dairy
Trace PeanutsManufactured in a facility which also processes peanutsTrace Peanuts
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Soy FreeSoy Free Facility Soy Free
Trace Tree Nuts Manufactured in a facility which also processes Tree NutsTrace Tree Nuts
Gluten FreeGluten Free Facility Gluten Free

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

Luisa Abram

Luisa Abram is a bean to bar chocolate maker in Brazil. The maker Luisa, works with micro-lots of wild growing cocoa from the Amazon rain forest along the floodplains near riverside communities. Luisa has partnered with the locals to create job opportunities, help preserve native cacao and improve their quality of life. All the bars are made in small batches in Sao Paulo, with only two pure and organic ingredients: cocoa and sugar.

Luisa Abram

Cacao region

Para

Pará is a large state in northern Brazil, traversed by the lower Amazon River and bordered by Guyana and Suriname. Much of the state relies upon agriculture; in recent years it’s become the country’s number one producer of cacao, cassava, açaí berry, and pineapple. Another large industry is mining for metals and lumbering, aka destroying the Amazon Rainforest, some of which covers most of Pará.

Para

Cacao strain

Amelonado

Amelonado is one of those ten evolutionarily unique types identified in 2008 using samples collected throughout the Americas over the previous century. This particular cluster type represents a traditional cultivar believed to have been domesticated from the Brazilian Amazon, possibly near what is now called the Para River. It’s now one of the most common cacao cultivars in the world, and often held up as the typical example of a forastero cacao: deeply chocolaty & bitter, with strong earthy undertones and a large, round pod. Most of the cacao brought to Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries originally came from this cultivar type, leading to the Ghanaian varietal now known as the West African Amelonado.

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Gregory B.
Another winner from Luisa Abram

We bought a variety of dark chocolate bars from around the world, and this one stood head and shoulders above the rest! Luisa Abram always produces good bars, and we love the story of the wild cacao that comes along with a great tasting bar.

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Steven C.
Best!!

This is the best dark chocolate I've ever eaten, and that's a LOT of chocolate!!

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William O.
Not my favorite.

While there is a lot to like about this bar it didn’t justify, for me, five stars. Bar and Cocoa doesn’t sell bad chocolates and this has a gold medal. It is very good. You will like it, but I didn’t love it as I do other chocolate bars.

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Adam S.
The best?

At the beginning of the pandemic, I was looking for a way to pass the time locked inside and decided to learn about chocolate. I watched countless videos about how to grow and harvest cacao and make chocolate. I also tried about 30 - 40 different types of premium chocolate bars and cacao nibs.

The 70% Rio Acara was the only bar that I couldn't stop eating. I would eat an entire bar every time I tasted it and not just a few squares. This bar is slightly harder in consistency than many others and has hints of honey and pineapple. It's the best bar that I've tasted so far.

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Charlotte
Luisa Abram Rio Acará Wild Cocoa 70%

Luisa Abram bars never fail to wow the pants off of me. This one is stunning. Standard luxurious packaging. Nutty aroma. Velvety smooth bar with heady notes of dark caramel, woodsmoke, chestnut, subtle pineapple and yogurt.

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V G.G.
Woah!

Woah! What a distinct and unique flavor profile! The melt is a bit grainy but the complex flavors are so distracting and absorbing, I move past the texture quickly. There is a "what is that?!" flavor that must be the "chestnut notes." I get some burnt sugar/caramel that is nice. The taste is so complex, it is hard to stop. I also got another Luisa Abram bar and it is nothing like this so the distinctive flavors must be the unique bean and origin. A very fun bar to explore.

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Jennifer K.
Rich red fruit flavors

This chocolate is like a fine red wine - fruity and complex. I taste a hint of tart yogurt taste, which is a nice extra layer of flavor. This doesn’t melt smoothly in the mouth and has a bit of a rough finish texture on the tongue. The flavor notes that come through make this worth experiencing!