Easily one of the most addictive chocolates created here in our little Hassocks based factory, situated at the foot of the South Downs. At times I have found myself like Alfred Molina in that famous Chocolat binge scene thanks to this chocolate. We handcraft it from bean to bar using the finest ethically sourced Nicaraguan cocoa beans. The unique flavour is not from any inclusions to our plain milk chocolate, but instead by tweaking one ingredient already present, an entirely different delicious milk chocolate is created.
Zero Waste Packaging - Recyclable, Glueless, Compostable, Acid Free
Ingredients: Nicalizo cocoa beans, organic unrefined cane sugar, organic cocoa butter, organic milk (Gluten Free)
40g
(Cocoa Solids 60% Minimum - Milk Solids 18% Minimum)
Store in a cool dry environment out of direct sunlight. Best enjoyed at room temperature
The Nicalizo variety was determined to be a Heirloom Cocoa by the Heirloom Cacao Preservation (HCP) initiative. Heirloom beans are distinctive in their characteristics and present special/unusual but well-balanced flavours, produced through the beans genetics, terroir, and post-harvest processing
In September 2015, the International Cocoa Organisation recognised Nicaragua as a 100% Fine Cocoa Origin. Only 9 countries in the world are recognised as such
Click here to find out more about Nicaraguan cacao
Orders are generally dispatched within 2 working days.
For custom made orders the delivery timing will be specified at checkout. Some artisans offer express shipping options and if available these will be shown at checkout.
J.Cocoa
J.Cocoa was born from a curiosity and a question: 'why don't chocolate companies, even large well-known ones, actually make their own chocolate from the cocoa beans themselves?' There are loads of chocolatiers, all who buy in ready-made chocolate, melt it down, flavour, and mould it, but, there is still only a handful of us in the UK who make it entirely from scratch, and one of those is based here at the foot of the south downs in Hassocks.From the outset the goal was to create great tasting chocolate, and real chocolate, making it from scratch from bean to bar, a rare concept here in the UK for which I have been fortunate enough to win a collection of international awards.I start by ethically trading and sourcing the finest cacao beans from around the world. Each cacao variety has its own unique flavour profiles, naturally occurring in the fruit from different growing countries, regions, soil and climates. The cacao beans are carefully crafted from scratch by myself with individual production profiles, creating delicious chocolates with their own distinctive and exceptional flavours.It is a very complex time-consuming process, taking 10-15 days to carefully hand sort, roast, crack, grade, winnow, stone-grind, refine and conch, into chocolate all before melting, tempering and packaging into my minimal waste, fully compostable boxes ready for you to enjoy. Changing one small aspect within production will yield a completely different end product, which at times has been a nightmare. But I do it because I love it, and I want others to enjoy what I make.Sustainability has always been at the forefront of J.Cocoa, making a specific 'minimal waste for maximum taste' pledge to protect the environment, implementing measures throughout sourcing and production, ensuring we only leave big taste impressions on our planet, after all, this is the only planet with chocolate on it!
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