Original Beans - Beni Wild - 66% dark chocolate
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Original Beans makes this bar from wild-harvested cocoa out of the Beni region of the Bolivian Amazon. At 66% it sits at the approachable end of dark chocolate, and the character is floral rather than heavy: floral honey, apricot and a touch of jasmine tea. The chocolate is conched for at least 24 hours, which is what gives the bar its smooth texture and keeps the aroma of the beans in it.
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Wild cocoa from the Beni
The cocoa in this bar is wild-harvested in the Beni region of the Bolivian Amazon: the pods come from cocoa growing in the forest rather than from a plantation, which is where the name Beni Wild Harvest comes from. Original Beans is a Dutch chocolate maker that runs its own sourcing team to find unusual and original cocoa varieties, and that ties its buying to keeping those varieties, and the rainforest they grow in, standing. The company sums it up as “enjoy the rare and help preserve it”.
How it tastes
Floral first: honeyed blossom on the nose, then apricot, then a touch of jasmine tea on the finish. At 66% cocoa it is dark chocolate at the gentler end of the range — there is still enough sugar in the recipe to carry the fruit, so the bitterness never takes over. If very dark chocolate usually feels too severe to you, this is the easier bar to sit with.
Conched for 24 hours
The chocolate is conched for at least 24 hours. Conching is the long, slow mixing stage that smooths the texture and drives off the sharp, raw notes in cocoa; a full day of it is why this bar melts cleanly and why the delicate floral aromas survive into the finished chocolate instead of being lost.
Good to know
- 66% dark chocolate
- Cocoa: wild-harvested, Beni region, Bolivian Amazon
- Conched for at least 24 hours
- Tasting notes: floral honey, apricot, jasmine tea
- Maker: Original Beans, the Netherlands
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| Product code | CDJ-CHOC-ORB0010 |
|---|---|
| EAN | 7610148454332 |
| Brand | Original Beans |
| Produced in | Netherlands |
| Content / packaging | 70 grams |
| Allergens | May contain traces of milk, peanuts and tree nuts. |
| Energy (kcal) per 100 g | 568 kCal / 2379 kJ |
| Fat per 100 g | 41 g (25 g saturated) |
| Carbohydrates per 100 g | 48 g (33 g sugar) |
| Protein per 100g | 6 g |
| Ingredients | direct-trade cocoa mass*, cocoa butter, raw cane sugar (*FairWild certified). |
| Sodium per 100 g | 0,012 g SALT |
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