Åkesson’s Brasil Dark Milk 55%

ÅKESSON’S

• What it is: in April 2009, Bertil Akesson and his Brazilian partner Dr Angelo Calmon de Sa, purchased the historic Fazenda Sempre Firme in Bahia, Brazil. This 120 ha cocoa plantation is right in the middle of the Mata Atlantica, the wild forest with the highest biodiversity on earth.They were able to recreate a social structure and their best reward is to hear the community referring to the Fazenda as a ‘Paraiso’ (paradise). They are growing there the traditional and astonishing Forestero cocoa variety called ‘parasinho’ that made the glory of Bahia at the beginning of the 20th century.
• 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: cacao (55% min.), cane sugar, milk powder, natural cacao butter, Soy lecithin (no GMO). May contain traces of nuts, almond, milk and gluten.
• Note: the chocolatey notes of these beans are perfect for a high content milk chocolate. The chocolate is smooth, with hints of wood and earth. It also has expressive notes that evoke autumn aromas, tobacco and Pitanga, the local fruit, notes that marvelously blend in this high percentage milk chocolate.
• Storage: this high-quality chocolate should be stored in a proper way. The ideal storage temperature is between 16 and 20 °C, avoid direct sunlight and extreme heat or cold, for example, it must not be left in the car both in summer and in winter, it could ruin it.