Prague Chocolate - Aluna 44% Organic Milk, Colombia
Ranked in the Top 100 Chocolates in the World. A high-cocoa milk bar from a single Colombian farm, sweetened with coconut sugar instead of refined. Above-the-fold callout Most milk chocolate hides thin cacao behind a lot of sugar. This one does the opposite: 44% cocoa — high for a milk bar — from a single family farm in Colombia, sweetened not with refined sugar but with low-glycaemic coconut sugar. The result is a milk chocolate that tastes of caramel and cream without the sugar rush, and it has the awards to show for it. Origin & Craftsmanship The cacao is the same lineage Prague Chocolate uses across the Aluna line: ancient criollo, the variety that traces back to the Maya and the Aztecs, crossed with hardier trinitario, all grown on one family farm in Colombia and bought direct. What sets the 44% apart is the sweetener — coconut sugar rather than cane, chosen for its low glycaemic index and gentle processing — folded into cocoa beans, cocoa butter, milk powder and real vanilla, then conched slowly in the maker's own Prague workshop with no palm oil and no synthetic anything. It reads like a milk chocolate built by people who mostly make dark. Flavor Profile The maker's own tasting run is unusually long for a milk bar and it holds up: caramel and coffee first, then hazelnut and a maple-syrup sweetness, raisin underneath, and over all of it a distinct creaminess. The coconut sugar keeps the finish rounded rather than sharp. Comforting without being cloying — the rare milk chocolate an adult dark-eater will keep reaching for. Award & Recognition A genuine trophy cabinet. The Aluna 44% is a repeat winner at the International Chocolate Awards and holder of Great Taste stars — European and world-level recognition for a milk bar, which is harder to earn than it sounds. Tasting & Pairing Guide Let a square soften on the tongue and the caramel-coffee register comes forward before the cream. It sits beautifully next to a flat white or a milky coffee, where the shared caramel notes lock together, and it's the milk bar to reach for with an aged tawny port or a glass of oloroso sherry if you want something after dinner. For the child-friendly, gifting-safe route, it simply goes with everything — which is part of why it's a bestseller. Summary The Aluna 44% is the milk chocolate for people who normally skip milk chocolate: a high-cocoa, single-origin Colombian bar, coconut-sweetened, made bean-to-bar in Prague, and decorated with the kind of awards most makers chase for years. Caramel, cream, and nothing synthetic. An easy gift and an easy favourite.