Paradai - Dark chocolate Nakhon Si Thammarat 70% with coconut blossom sugar - THAILAND - 50g
This Single Origin dark chocolate from Paradai, with cocoa from Nakhon Si Thammarat, is sweetened with coconut flower sugar. Paradai uses pure coconut sugar from Samut Songkram province in central Thailand. This region is known for having the country's most aromatic coconut terroir, with a unique young coconut flavor. Additionally, this fruity chocolate boasts aromas of citrus, mango, banana, cranberry, and lychee.
This very special Paradai bar with coconut sugar was rightly awarded a gold medal at the 2022 International Chocolate Awards World Final.
The cocoa comes from Nakhon Si Thammarat province, on the country's southeast coast. The light green background evokes the typical flora and fauna of the Nakhon Si Thammarat region, with its fern forests and ancient orchards. In addition to the iconic elephants, assorted coconuts are depicted on the packaging.
Cocoa beans (70% Thailand), coconut flower sugar
Cocoa farmer and chocolate maker
Yai Jud is approaching 90 years old and has always cultivated cocoa on the family plantation. This cocoa farmer is a true Thai legend, and the cocoa she produces grows on trees over forty years old, without any chemical inputs or pesticides. Paradai has collaborated with her since the brand's inception in 2017, and the first bars produced were made from her exceptional cocoa.
PARADAi Phurich and Warit, two best friends, founded the PARADAi chocolate factory in 2016, after rediscovering abandoned cocoa trees in their home country, in the backyards of Nakhon Si Thammarat. PARADAi, which means “companions” or “friendship” in Thai, aims to utilize these forgotten plants and has since been purchasing very small quantities of Single Origin cocoa pods from local farmers in different regions of Thailand. PARADAi works exclusively through direct trade with selected cocoa farmers who cultivate their cocoa purely naturally. These farms are too small to afford organic certification, but they do not use chemicals or pesticides on their plantations. They also grow their cocoa in agroforestry systems with other trees and plants and do not clear forests. For all these reasons, and because they systematically avoid intermediaries, the growers receive a significantly higher price than average for their cocoa beans. After two years of preparation, PARADAi opened its first chocolate café with a small-batch chocolate factory in Bangkok's Old Town in 2018. Meanwhile, they employ about 25 people who are involved in the production and export of Thai culture through e...
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