Krak Chocolate - Tanzania - Kokoa Kamili

This Krak Chocolade Tanzania Kokoa Kamili bar weighs 80 grams. The bar is about 14 cm long and 1.5 cm thick, so it fits through the letterbox.

The cocoa comes from Kokoa Kamili, a Tanzanian cocoa fermentation company that helps cocoa farmers earn 25 percent more income. The beans for this bar were fermented for six days in banana leaves and then dried for five to seven days. That careful fermentation and drying largely determine the flavour profile of the bar.

Krak Chocolade is the company of chocolate maker Mark Schimmel. Where most chocolatiers and pastry chefs work with melted factory chocolate, Mark does the whole process himself. He selects the cocoa beans by harvest year and by origin, roasts them and refines the chocolate. That gives flavours you will not find in supermarket bars.

The ingredients of this bar are of organic origin under certificate number NL-BIO-01. The bar is made in the Netherlands. If you want to read the full list of ingredients, for example because of an allergy, always check the packaging itself.

Store this bar in a cool, dry place, preferably at around 15 to 18 degrees and out of direct sunlight. Do not put chocolate in the fridge: the temperature difference and the moisture make the chocolate bloom, leaving a greyish haze on the bar. Close an opened bar properly, because chocolate easily picks up odours from other products.