Definite - Dark chocolate 70% Öko-Caribe with Cassava (manioc) - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 60g
Bean-to-Bar
This Definite bar is made with a special Dominican ingredient, Cassava (manioc). It was a staple of Taino cuisine centuries ago and today it is a staple of Dominican cuisine. The cassava in this chocolate comes from Doña Mechi, a small artisanal producer.
Tasting notes in this chocolate are dried fruits.
Cacao beans (67% Dominican Republic), cane sugar, manioc, salt
Cocoa farmer and chocolate maker
Öko Caribe is a cacao processor in the town of Pimentel in the Duarte province in north central Dominican Republic. The Duarte province is the largest cacao growing region in the country and Öko-Caribe maintains close relationships with over 150 small farmers within the region, providing training and organic certification support.
The farmers harvest the cacao pods, open them, extract the pulp-covered beans and bring them to Öko-Caribe. The beans are fermented in wooden boxes for six days, then placed in solar driers to dry for seven to 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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