PRISTINE NATIVO PERU DARK 71%
The Original
In 2020 the most pure Gran Nativo Blanco cacao beans were rediscovered in an 80 year old cacao forest deep in the Yahuanduz area of Peru. What makes this bar extraordinary is that the harvest yields 90% white beans. A sign that this cacaobean is one of the purest Piura Blanco beans in existence.
Availability of this cacao is very limited: only one micro batch of 1 ton per year is grown. The isolated location of the trees makes sure that the cacao does not gets contaminated with commercial hybrids that are grown on plantations. The cacao contains hardly any bitterness and has a very light color.
TASTING NOTES
Notes of plums, berries and raisins. In the aroma the bouche we find lovely notes of flowers, like violets. The after taste is delicate with notes of walnuts.
Pristine Nativo Dark 71%
2 bars in each box
ABOUT THE INGREDIENTS
LOMA LARGA FARMERS
This special cacao comes from three cacao growers, whose ancestors found water in the foothills of the higher part of the dry forest of the Adanjo Community. This small spring is enough to cultivate 1 Ha diverse cacao forest by each of the three farmers.
Gregoria Chanta, Marcos Julca and Eradio Zurita have to go up the dry and sandy path for more than one hour from their farms to reach the cacao of Yahuanduz. From there the fresh cacao gets transported to the central processing center of Loma Larga. There are the beans dried and fermented under guidance of the Norandino Cooperative.
Pristine Nativo Peru
Gran Nativo Blanco Cacao
Loma Larga Harvest
Loma Larga Drying
LOCAL DUTCH SUGAR
The locally grown sugar beet is an ideal sweetner for chocolate. Its neutral character allows cacao flavours to shine without adding flavours to the chocolate (other sweetners such as sugar cane adds for example a molasses flavour to chocolate) Because of the relative small scale of the sugar beet processing industry, organic and non-organic sugar beets are combined in the extraction proces. Research shows that the CO2 footprint of Dutch beet sugar is 4 times lower compared to the average sugar cane production. This is due to a higher yield, efficient farming, harvesting and processing and the fact that it does not need to be transported over long distances. Moreover, an additional benefit is that beet sugar has a lower water consumption than cane sugar.
Dutch Sugar Beet
Dutch granulated sugar
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| INGREDIENTS: • Cacao and cacao butter 71% • Sugar |
INFO: • Allergens: none • Single Origin cacao • Organic cacao • Non GMO • Vegan • Direct/ Transparent trade |
EXCEPTIONAL CRAFT
Our goal is natural flavour excitement in every bar. What makes Heinde & Verre chocolate special:
- All natural, no artificial flavours, colourings and preservatives
- No alkalizing agents or other chemicals used. Result is a higher level of anti-oxidants remaining in the chocolate compared to standard industry chocolate
- Made from whole beans, not from semi-finished products
- Our signature in-house developped Split-Roast technique: a single origin cacao is divided into multiple batches that each receive a unique roast profile to increase and balance flavour complexity
- Slow food techniques, the art of slow grinding and aging
H&V Roasting
H&V Traditional Stone Ground
ONE BAR FOR NOW, ONE BAR FOR LATER
Each Heinde & Verre box contains 2 bars, one bar for now, one for later. At Heinde & Verre we take chocolate and your enjoyment very serious. Quality chocolate needs to be protected so we have developed the perfect packaging to preserve all the natural flavours. A kraft pouch protects against light, humidity, dust and dirt. A double air tight seal protects against odours. We have extracted part of the air to reduce oxidisation and moisture.
