Le cacao utilisé pour ce bar est cultivé dans le domaine Los Laureles géré par la famille Marquez dans la chaîne de montagnes Serranía del Perijá qui divise le Venezuela et la Colombie. Cette zone contient les plus vieux cacaoyers du Venezuela et des tests génétiques ADN effectués par l'Université de Paris ont confirmé que le cacao de Los Laureles était un type rare de Criollo connu sous le nom de Guasare. La famille Marquez gère désormais également une pépinière où elle greffe des plants de cette variété ancienne, presque disparue. Pour faire ressortir les caractéristiques uniques de ce cacao, souvent décrit comme acidulé et fruité, H&V a utilisé trois profils de torréfaction distincts, chacun conçu pour mettre en valeur différentes notes aromatiques, avant de les broyer ensemble pendant 82 heures. Le résultat est un mélange prolifique d'amer et de sucré, combinant un fruité de cerise noire, de noix de pécan, de café et des notes tropicales de grenadille et de banane, le tout égayé par une acidité subtilement acidulée d'agrumes. C'est un chef d'oeuvre du début à la fin.
Heinde & Verre Piquant Venezuela Noir 71%
Origine du cacao : Venezuela
Pays producteur : Pays-Bas
Poids : 70g
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Heinde & Verre Piquant Venezuela Noir 71%
Heinde & Verre, meaning "near and far," pays homage to the Dutch culinary tradition of sourcing ingredients worldwide and combining them with local customs, perfectly reflecting Milou’s belief in the synergy of global and local economies. The two guys behind the name, Jan-Willem & Ewald, are serious chocolate geeks and have developed several in-house techniques that make their bars standout: slow food level stuff like stone grinding for up to three days, aging their chocolate mass, sorting beans by hand, and split-roasting single origin beans into multiple batches, each receiving a unique roast profile, and then blending back together by taste. They use only traceable ingredients and work with trusted single estates and cooperatives. Their facility is a carbon-free, fully electric factory powered and heated by 100% Dutch green wind energy. And as if that wasn’t enough to love about them, just wait until you see the cleverness of their packaging, which includes kraft paper pouches with double airtight seal to protect against odors, light, humidity, and oxidation. The outside sticker states the name, farmer, and origin region, while unfolding the box reveals the H&D philosophy, a map showing ingredients and their origin, and a QR code linking to the story, tasting notes, farmer's photos, and other details of each bar, as well as nutritional value in four languages. As if that’s not good enough, each box comes with not one but two bars!
Achetez plus Heinde & VerreZulia State, located in northwestern Venezuela, borders Lake Maracaibo, the largest lake in Latin America. The basin of Lake Maracaibo contains some of the largest oil and gas reserves in the Western Hemisphere. Zulia is economically crucial for its oil and mineral resources, and it also plays a significant role in agriculture, producing livestock, bananas, fruits, meat, and milk. One of Venezuela's 23 states, Zulia has the largest population and is home to Maracaibo, the country's second-largest city. Unique to Zulia is the widespread use of voseo (vos as a second person singular pronoun). Geographically diverse, Zulia features plains, mountains, numerous lagoons, swamps, marshes, arid zones, and humid areas. The state also includes the Cordillera de Perijá, part of the western Andean mountain range, covering over 10% of its territory. The climate varies by region, encompassing desert, savannah, and tropical rainforest.
