Åkesson’s Madagascar Criollo 75% Bio

ÅKESSON’S

• What is it: the Ambolikapiky Plantation is part of Bertil Åkesson’s 2000ha Bejofo Estate. Located in the Sambirano Valley, in the North-West of Madagascar, the plantation produces since 1920 world-famous aromatic cocoa. Besides 300 tons per year of Madagascar Trinitario cocoa, a very limited production of Criollo cocoa (2 tons per year) is harvested separately.

• Origin: Bertil Åkesson plantations in Madagascar, in Brazil and Indonesia supply world famous chocolatiers and chefs. In close collaboration with these passionate artists, he experienced the fascinating artwork to conjure cocoa into chocolate or how pepper enhances recipes and he launched a small and exclusive line of chocolate and fine exotic foods.

• Ingredients: organic cacao (min. 75% ), organic cane sugar, organic cacao butter, organic soy lecithin (no OGM).

• Certifications: Organic

• Awards:
  2015 Great Taste: GOLD 3 stars – selected in the top 50 Best Foods; 2015 Academy of Chocolate: GOLDEN BEAN, Best Dark Bar – GOLD; 2014 Great Taste: GOLD 1 star; 2013-14 Academy of Chocolate: Best Dark Bar – SILVER; 2011-12 Academy of Chocolate: Best Dark Bar – SILVER

• Notes: this chocolate has a very expressive cocoa aroma with subtle fruity-sweet tartness and pleasant flavour notes that evoke citrus and red berries.

• Storage: this premium chocolate must be properly conserved at a temperature of between 16 and 20 °C and kept away from direct light and sources of excessive heat or cold. If, for example, it is left in the car in summer or winter it will suffer potentially ruinous heat shock.