Åkesson’s Brasile Forastero 75%

ÅKESSON’S

• What it is: in April 2009, Bertil Åkesson 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 forester 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 (min. 75%), cane sugar, natural cacao butter, soy lecithin (no OGM). May contain traces of  nuts, almond, milk and gluten.
• Awards:
  2015 Great Taste: GOLD 1 star
  2014 Great Taste: GOLD 3 stars
  2011-12 Academy of Chocolate: Best Dark Bar – GOLD
• Note: the chocolate we developed from our beans is smooth, woody, earthy. It has also expressive notes that evoke autumn scents, tobacco and the local pitanga fruit.
• 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.