The cacao for this multiple award-winning origin comes from the jungles of Peru.  It’s named after the Ucayali river, one of the major headwaters of the Amazon, and the farmers living along its shores grow several varieties of fine flavor cacao.  They bring the cacao on boats to our partners at Ucayali River Cacao, where the beans are expertly fermented and dried at their new facility.  We’ve personally visited the fermentation and drying facility and have met many of the farmers.

We also freshly press the cocoa butter for this from the same Ucayali beans we use to make the chocolate, resulting in intense single origin flavor and exceptional smoothness.  We’re one of the only chocolate makers in the country to press our own cocoa butter, and it makes a world of difference in flavor.

For more information about the cacao we use for this bar check out our Ucayali page.

For more information on fine flavor cacao, our personal approach to direct sourcing and our unique chocolate making process please visit our Fine Cacao, Our Chocolate and Our Process pages.

Tasting notes: This extremely well balanced bar is floral and herbal, with notes of lemon verbena and fig.

Collections:  This bar can also be found in The Complete Collection, The Signature Line Collection, The South America Collection, and The Gold Winners Collection.  To purchase our previous five Good Food winners try our Good Food Award Winners collection.

 Pairings:  For cheese pairing selections please visit our Tastings & Pairings page.