Original Beans

Piura 75% organic dark chocolate from Peru

Original Beans has rediscovered this rare, white cocoa bean on the foothills of the Andes in Peru . The bean has a very fruity and less astringent cocoa note and is therefore very much appreciated by connoisseurs.

Taste:
Notes of lime, raspberries and a hint of pecans

Chocolats de luxe also offers this chocolate as a couverture, ideal for baking and cooking or, for example, for a special chocolate mousse !

The chocolate is lecithin-free, gluten-free and vegan.
The packaging and the film are made of wood and are therefore completely degradable and waste-free.

Awards :
Great Taste Award Gold 2011 and 2013

Origin :
Piura river valley, Peruvian Andes.

Francisco Pizarro founded the third Spanish branch in South America and the first city in Peru in 1532 and named it San Miguel de Piura. Today the entire region is called Piura. Coming from the hot coastal plains, in the cooler areas of the Andes, the traveler encounters villages made up of simple mud huts where farmers and their families live. The place La Quemazon is about 200m high, in the hills at the foot of a mountain range that is over 2000m high and is called Sierra Piura. Like an island, it is surrounded by two arms of the river.

The farmers of La Quemazon produce one of the rarest and finest cocoa varieties in Peru and around the world. With the local cooperatives typical of South America, it was possible to cultivate this rare plant again. It is called "Porcelana" because the beans are white. Porcelana cocoa belongs to the "Criollo" family of beans, which are represented on the world market with no more than 5%. So far, this strain, famous for its vibrant fruity flavors, has only been found in Venezuela and Mexico.

The Piura 75% is one of the most popular chocolates from Original Beans .