Naive – Nano Lot – Qori Warmi Peru 70%

Description

Very nice bar, as far as we are concerned we were already fans of this cocoa (which we knew from the bar that Zoto made with it) but what Naive does with it is perhaps even more beautiful.

The maker about this chocolate: With strict control over post-harvest (fermentation and drying) of the specific cocoa variety Vrae-99, this makes a beautiful bouquet of delicate flavors, with a fruitiness that makes your mouth water!

Described flavor: full of joy, exciting, powerful – notes of fruit, berry, nuts, honey.

Although it is certainly a fruity cocoa, we certainly want to emphasize the honey (or towards caramel – in any case a very fine sweetness) as something that we experience in this bar. For a 70% chocolate absolutely remarkably sweet in taste. And very tasty. Very nice to compare with the Zoto chocolate with the same cocoa. As far as we are concerned, both really insanely fine chocolates. We have recommended Zoto’s version to people before (and had great reactions to it) but that will certainly also apply to the Naive chocolate of this cocoa. Both very tasty in their own way!

More from the makers about the cocoa: The Vrae region has ecological zones with an altitude ranging from 400 to 3000 meters, resulting in a great geographical diversity of flora and fauna. Unfortunately, Vrae is also known for conflicts and illegal activities, such as coca cultivation. In 2017, the local farmers united to generate a legal income by producing cocoa. This initiative led to the creation of the Qori Warmi cooperative. “Qori Warmi” means “women are worth gold” in Quechua. A single cocoa variety was selected by a family from promising indigenous genetic stock and is now slowly being adopted by other members of the cooperative.

Ingredients: cocoa, sugar.

Allergy note: may contain traces of peanuts, nuts, milk.

Contents 50 grams.

The Nano Lot chocolates are certainly a bit more expensive than the normal Naive bars. But also made with extra special cocoa. And we’ll just say it here – we try to keep the price friendly, in the US this bar is 15 dollars (13 euros).