Heinde & Verre – Pristine Nativo Peru – Dark 71%

Description

Good to know: Unfortunately not available for the time being, completely sold out with the makers. They are trying to obtain this specific cocoa again, and if that is successful and chocolate bars are made again, we will of course make sure that we get a selection in!

Hooray and hurrah! The latest creation from Heinde & Verre. Pristine Nativo Peru dark chocolate 71% from cocoa from the Yahanduz region in Piura, Peru – from Loma Largo.

Rather limited cocoa, only 1 ton (1000 kg) is produced per year and that is really all. But more than how rare it is or not, we find it interesting how it tastes – and that makes us especially happy here.

Description from the makers: “In 2020, the purest Gran Nativo Blanco cocoa beans were rediscovered in an 80-year-old cocoa forest deep in the Yahuanduz region of Peru. What makes this bar special is that the harvest yields 90% white beans. A sign that this cocoa bean is one of the purest Piura Blanco beans in existence.

The availability of this cocoa is very limited: only one microbatch of 1 tonne is grown per year. The isolated location of the trees ensures that the cocoa does not become contaminated with commercial hybrids grown on plantations. The cocoa contains hardly any bitterness and is very light in color.”

This special cocoa comes from three cocoa growers, whose ancestors found water in the foothills of the higher part of the dry forest of the Adanjo community. This small source is enough for each of the three farmers to cultivate 1 Ha of varied cocoa forest.

Gregoria Chanta, Marcos Julca and Eradio Zurita have to walk the dry dirt path from their farms for more than an hour to reach the cocoa of Yahuanduz. From there, the fresh cocoa is transported to the central processing center of Loma Larga. There the beans are dried and fermented under the supervision of the Norandino Cooperative.

Taste notes description H&V: Notes of plums, berries and raisins. In the aroma of the bouche we find beautiful notes of flowers, such as violets. The aftertaste is delicate with notes of walnuts.

Ingredients: Cocoa, beet sugar, cocoa butter.

Contents 70 grams (2×35 grams)

Nice to order: the chocolate from Standout bean to bar chocolate maker from Sweden with the same cocoa. Nice to have a little comparison tasting!
More to order: other chocolates from Heinde & Verre of course! The Piura Peru made from cocoa from the same larger area, the Pearl of Ecuador, the Zesty Venezuela – or just a (vegan) milk chocolate.