Definite - Dark Chocolate 100% Zorzal - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 60g
Bean-to-Bar
This one-ingredient chocolate bar from Definite is made with cacao from the Zorzal Reserve.
Tasting notes in this chocolate are berries and black tea.
Cacao beans (100% Dominican Republic)
Cocoa farmer and chocolate maker
The Zorzal Reserve is the first private reserve in the Dominican Republic created to conserve the wintering habitat of the Bicknell Thrush – a migratory endangered songbird from New England. It is located in the province of Duarte in the North Central part of the Dominican Republic.
Their exquisite beans are a result of painstaking care resulting in a chocolate unsurpassed in fine aroma and flavor. When the Zorzal cocoa pods are harvested, the beans are processed through a rigorous postharvest protocol, meeting the highest quality standards.
Fermentation lasts approximately six days in wooden boxes, after which the beans dry between eight and ten days.
Definite Chocolate Definite Chocolate is a micro batch bean to bar chocolate maker from Dominican Republic. By sourcing directly from Dominican farmers, they only use high-quality single origin cacao which they roast, winnow, grind, temper and mold into fine chocolate bars with the utmost care. As much as possible, Definite Chocolate uses only locally sourced ingredients to support local industry and to give a touch of Caribbean feeling to every tablet. All bars are made naturally, without any additives. Definite Chocolate was founded by Jens Kamin, who moved from Germany to the Dominican Republic to achieve his dream of becoming a chocolate maker. They are the first Dominican chocolate producer to win an international award, which they earned in 2017 when the company was only one year old. Their team of 8 is in Santo Domingo, the Dominican capital....
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