Belize, Maya Mountain, Dark Chocolate Bar, 78%
Honey, pineapple, dark roast coffee, raisin.
Belize, Maya Mountain, Dark Chocolate Bar, 78%
ORIGIN: South Belize
REGION/FARM: Maya Mountain
TYPE: Criollo/Trinatario
CERTIFICATIONS: direct transparent trade & certified organic
INGREDIENTS: organic cacao, organic cane sugar
(made in a facility which also uses dairy milk, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts)
CHOCOLATE MAKER NOTES: honey; bright notes of pineapple and raisin moving into dark roasty coffee.
ABOUT THE FARM/REGION/PEOPLE:
Maya Mountain Cacao (“MMC”) is a pioneer in direct trade cacao sourcing. MMC, founded in 2010, put Belize on the craft chocolate map as the first exporter in the country to produce high-quality, centrally-fermented, transparently sourced cacao. MMC works with 350+ certified organic smallholder cacao farming families in the Toledo district, most of them indigenous Q’eqchi’ and Mopan Maya. MMC centrally processes all cacao at a post-harvest facility where three unique stages of sun drying create optimal flavor. MMC operates a 24-hectare demonstration farm, for research and trainings in best practices for increasing cacao yield and quality; in 2016, the first pods were harvested from the demo farm, just 18 months after planting. MMC is focused on being a sustainable, long term and transparent partner to farmers and producing uniquely delicious and sweet cacao that creates real positive impact for the communities of southern Belize.