Rio Juruá 70%

Luisa Abram is a bean-to-bar maker based in Brazil. This 70% dark chocolate bar is produced using wild cacao harvested from trees growing along the Juruá river in the Amazon region. These beans are processed by local riverside communities, undergoing fermentation in wooden boxes and sun drying.

The flavour profile of this bar presents notes of floral, spiced, and tropical fruits. The cacao is refined in a melanger through stone grinding and tempered by the maker. The ingredients include wild cocoa mass, organic cane sugar, and added wild cocoa butter, with no lecithin, vanilla, vanillin, or vegetable fats used in the recipe. The bar received a Bronze award at the 2019 Academy of Chocolate.

The allergen statement indicates that the bar contains milk and lactose. It may contain traces of almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts, cashews, Brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, walnuts, pecans, pine nuts, and pistachios. It does not contain gluten.