Single Origin Costa Rica 40% Milk Chocolate

* COMING SOON! * This single origin milk chocolate offers an exceptionally well-balanced profile with harmonious cacao flavor underpinned with notes of vanilla, mild honey, and a finish highlighted by sweet, ripe banana. With a minimum 40% fine cacao, blended with natural cane sugar, milk powder, and cacao butter, the chocolate is gently processed and conched for 36 hours, giving it an incredibly smooth, creamy, and refined texture. Hand-cultivated and processed on a Swiss family-run farm in Costa Rica who hand-process cacao from harvesting to fermentation to drying, resulting in uncompromising quality and extraordinarily aromatic cacao. Tasting Notes: Vanilla, Mild Honey, Ripe Banana Click the tabs to view more information. Details SIZE: 3.5 oz (100g) - 6 ¼” L x 3” W x ½” H INGREDIENTS: Cane Sugar (Argentina, Paraguay), Cocoa Butter, Milk Powder, Cocoa Beans (Costa Rica). Contains milk. Made in a facility with nuts and wheat. No preservatives. No peanuts. No soy. No gluten. Click the About tab to learn more About Finca la Amistad is Felchlin's partner and direct collaborator on site in Costa Rica. This 60-acre farm is run by the Swiss native Brugger family alongside long-standing and dedicated employees who hand-process cacao from harvesting to fermentation to drying, resulting in uncompromising quality and extraordinarily aromatic cacao. Finca La Amistad is known for its sustainable, biodiverse, and ecological farming methods. They focus heavily on environmental protection and ethical labor practices, ensuring a healthy ecosystem that yields high-quality beans. The farm relies on an ecological and diversified cultivation methods. The unwavering belief is that a healthy ecosystem is essential for the quality of the cacao and which in turn leads to the protection of the rich biodiversity on the farm and in the region. The family also maintains a network with smallholder cacao farmers in the area, supplying them with cacao seedlings and training them in tree care and harvesting. There is a regular exchange of ideas with employees, partners, customers and scientists, which contributes to a constant improvement in quality in an economic, social and ecological sense. Crafted in partnership with Felchlin, a family-owned Swiss chocolate maker committed to transparency and direct trade relationships. Their non-GMO ingredients are fully traceable to origin, with a strong focus on ethical and sustainable practices, resulting in exceptional quality from bean to bar. Their strict standards of excellence ensure that the raw materials, processes used, and resulting products are of the highest quality. Read more about our chocolate here.