Pure Chocolate Domincan Republic Zorzal 71% 50g

This chocolate is incredibly bright with citrus notes which blend harmoniously with the chocolate.

Dominican Republic, Zorzal Pure Chocolate 71%…With this bar, I am taking you on a journey to the Duarte province in the Dominican Republic. This cacao is truly special: it comes from Zorzal Cacao, located within a beautiful 1,019-acre private nature reserve.

This is not just any plantation. Zorzal is the very first cacao company in the world to receive the official Bird Friendly™ certification. More than 70% of the reserve is designated as ‘forever wild’. This means the rainforest remains completely untouched to protect the habitat of endangered migratory birds, such as the rare Bicknell’s Thrush. Here, exceptional quality and active conservation go hand in hand.

After the harvest, the organic beans are crafted with love in their own Fermentorium in San Francisco de Macorís. Thanks to a carefully controlled, natural fermentation and drying process, the cacao develops its refined and complex character.

Once we receive the beans we roast them and after cracking and winnowing (removing the shell/husk) they are ground for up to three days in a stone grinder. Our chocolate is always made in microbatches using traceable cacao with a story 🤎🍫

If you’d like to know more I’m always happy for chocolate chats so do pop by on a market day!

We are at Rotterdamse Oogst Markt every last Saturday of the month and at other farmers markets (dates vary, keep an eye out on the website or via social media for more dates!) throughout the year;.

Have a lovely day!