Name: Monsoon Kokoa Kamili Tanzania 77%
Brand: Monsoon
SKU: MON-10040
Price: 12.56 CAD
Availability: InStock

Monsoon Kokoa Kamili Tanzania 77%

Cocoa Origin: Tanzania
Producer Country: United States
Weight: 50 g

Kokoa Kamili operates a central fermentary collaborating with nearly 3000 small shareholder farms. They purchase "wet" cacao—fresh fruit from farmers within 24 hours of harvest—to oversee all processing, ensuring a consistently high-quality product and offering farmers increased compensation and reduced workload. It's a triple win, with you, the chocolate lover, as the third beneficiary. Kokoa Kamili beans produce some of the world's most exquisite chocolate, exemplified by this bar's rich, dark flavours and underlying hints of dark cherry and freeze-dried raspberry. Remarkably smooth despite its high content and high acid-high roast profile, it has not a trace of wayward tannin and boasts a bright lemon zest note that adds a lively, fresh dimension. It is smooth as silk.

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Monsoon Kokoa Kamili Tanzania 77%

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Few people know that Tucson, Arizona is designated as a UNESCO World City of Gastronomy. And Monsoon Chocolate, aptly named after the rains that bring life to the desert, justifies the city’s title by capturing the traditional flavours of the American Southwest while also showcasing the finest cocoa from around the world—a truly remarkable fusion. Embracing the 'farm to table' mentality, Monsoon engages with suppliers in fair and sustainable practices, detailing on their website each terroir and collective they work with, along with how much they paid for the cocoa compared to the global commodity price. Despite the challenge of crafting chocolate in a desert, they excel in quality, processing the cacao minimally to highlight the beans' beautiful and complex flavours. What’s more, founder Adam's background includes a stint at Whole Foods in Portland, Oregon, where he helped build the largest craft chocolate library in the world. If you find yourself in the area, be sure to visit Monsoon Chocolate for a tasting and tour, offered from 11 am to 5 pm, Wednesday through Sunday. Tell them Milou sent you!

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Located within the Morogoro Region, the Kilombero district is situated in a vast floodplain, bounded by the Kilombero River in the southeast and the Udzungwa Mountains in the northwest, part of which is protected by a national park renowned for its diverse bird and primate species, as well as its unique population of savannah elephants. Unfortunately, increased deforestation has led to heightened human-elephant interactions, exacerbating the impact of elephant poaching since a majority of the district's inhabitants are subsistence farmers, cultivating maize and rice. Other economic sources are teak wood and sugar-cane plantations. The region is rising to prominence on the international scene thanks to the Kokoa Kamili Cooperative, which has become a world leader in transparency, fairness, and organic farming practices, with 99% of the area’s cocoa farming being organic. Their facility is located approximately sixty kilometers from the nearest tarred road or electricity, and ten to fifteen hours' drive from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's main city and closest international airport, offering a glimpse of true rural African life.

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