Alder Smoked Dark Chocolate Bar with Cocoa Nibs: 68%

FLAVOR PROFILE

Sensory descriptors such as mild, delicate, and sweet are commonly used to describe alder wood smoke and they seem apt descriptors for this alder smoked dark chocolate bar.  The fusion of chocolate and smoke are somewhat reminiscent of eating smores.  Cocoa nibs were added to the back of this bar for a textural component and counterbalance to this sweeter bar. In Alaska, alder is one of the most commonly used woods to smoke foods and one we use a lot.  As we thought of ways to incorporate a sense of place into our chocolate bars, we began to think of ways to incorporate the aroma and flavor of alder smoke into a chocolate bar.  The result is our alder smoked dark chocolate bar, which is a 68% dark chocolate.

INGREDIENTS 

Cacao Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Nibs, Alder Wood Smoke

ALLERGENS

While our equipment is cleaned often and every time after processing chocolate products with allergens, it is possible that our chocolate products may still contain trace amounts of dairy and tree nuts as all of our chocolate is manufactured on the same equipment.  Our chocolate products are soy and gluten free.

BEAN TO BAR

By "bean to bar" we mean that the final chocolate products we sell were transformed by us from unroasted cacao seeds (beans).  We carefully select, sort, roast, crack, winnow, grind, refine, and temper small batches of cacao beans from around the world into craft chocolate to explore the world of unique flavors that await.  Cacao is like coffee in that it is the seed of a fruit with very unique flavor profiles, which can be enhanced or diminished by how it is handled throughout the supply chain and ultimately by the roaster and chocolatier.  Our goal for the chocolate bar is to offer an expression of the cacao that highlights attributes that make it unique and special while at the same time being balanced and approachable.

ROAST LEVEL

Light Roast 

NET WEIGHT

45 grams 

ABOUT THE CACAO BEANS