This single estate bar uses an obscure variety, "Almendra Blanca", which is rare to come across even in its home state of Tabasco. As the name "white almond" suggests, it lends very little colour despite the bar's higher cocoa content. Its personality is on the light-and-bright side too, with flavours of walnut, fig, dates, hazelnut, and sunflower seed, and lacking any bold roast or bitter notes. It offers a buttery texture and soft melt, almost like a milk chocolate.
Metiche Comalcalco Finca Las Delias 75%
Cocoa Origin: Mexico
Producer Country: Mexico
Weight: 70 g
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Metiche Comalcalco Finca Las Delias 75%
Based in Guadalajara, Metiche is dedicated to sharing Mexico's pre-Hispanic heritage through chocolate, as both a sensory and visual experience. Their packaging features traditional calligraphy and an emblem depicting a woman with a cocoa plant, symbolizing chocolate's origins in the area. Fabiola, the founder, meticulously sources all her ingredients - including cacao beans, sugar, cocoa butter, inclusions, and even printed packaging - from within Mexico, aiming to keep that money circulating in the local economy. Metiche works directly with farmers in Tabasco and Chiapas, visiting both the farmers and their farms regularly. The name "Metiche," meaning "nosy" in Spanish, reflects the Mexican culture's curiosity and desire for connection. Metiche believes that sharing chocolate is a way to foster meaningful connections and conversations, inviting others to join in the joy of discovery and indulgence.
Shop More MeticheComalcalco, situated in the Mexican state of Tabasco along the Gulf of Mexico, derives its name from its rich agricultural heritage, translating to "in the house of the comals," with comals being pans used for food preparation. The region's fertile soil continues to support a thriving agricultural industry, with cocoa being the primary crop and accounting for 20% of Tabasco’s annual harvest. It also grows large quantities of tropical fruits, corn, beans, and vegetables cultivated, as well as some premium livestock ranching. Notably, Comalcalco is home to a significant archaeological site and the westernmost city of the Maya civilization and the one constructed with bricks rather than limestone. Now situated on an extensive alluvial plain, this area was once enveloped by low evergreen rainforest and mangrove swamps.