Name: Firetree Solomon Makira Island 75%
Brand: Firetree
SKU: FIR-104
Price: 12.5 CAD
Availability: InStock

Firetree Solomon Makira Island 75%

Cocoa Origin: Solomon Islands
Producer Country: England
Weight: 70 g

Lucy, the farmer who owns this single estate, exclusively employs women to cultivate the cocoa. Thanks to the income from selling direct to Firetree, Lucy could afford to send her two daughters to university in Australia. After their education, they aspire to return to the farm and continue the family business! From the bar: expect slight smokiness, with sharp but pleasant astringency, and focused cocoa notes complemented by hints of coconut and coffee, with undertones of rum raisin and stout-like flavours. Big like all Firetree bars, with additional layers of gooey chocolate truffle and a subtle hint of dark caramel.

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Firetree Solomon Makira Island 75%

$12.50

Firetree offers a unique experience by using single estate cocoa from small, remote volcanic islands throughout the South Pacific. Known as "The Ring of Fire" due to the 452 surrounding volcanoes, the region's rich soil and climate result in very distinctive beans. Firetree also engages directly with farmers, paying a substantial premium above the market rate to ensure high ethical and sustainability standards. In addition to suiting adventurous eaters looking to explore remote and exotic islands through their chocolate, Firetree's deep, dark, robust house-style will also appeal to lovers of stouts, big red wines, or strong coffee.

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Located in the southeast of the Solomon archipelago, Makira is a rugged paradises separated from the Eastern Outer Solomon Islands by a 350-kilometre ocean expanse. Known indigenously as Hanuato'o, meaning 'strong island,' Makira lives up to its name with a terrain dominated by a mountainous spine up its center that cascades steeply to the sea along its southern edge. Numerous rivers traverse the island, adding to its dramatic topography. This wild landscape is a haven for biodiversity, with dense tropical rainforests covering its eastern expanses. Here, threatened and endemic bird species find sanctuary, far outnumbering the island’s 55,000 human inhabitants.

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