Chocolarder Doi Pui Thailand 80% Dark Chocolate

A single-origin 80% dark chocolate bar made bean to bar by Chocolarder at Falmouth in Cornwall, where the cocoa is roasted, ground on renovated antique machines and aged before it is moulded into bars. The beans are from Doi Pui in northern Thailand, a newer cocoa origin than most on the shelf.

Two ingredients: cocoa beans and unrefined raw cane sugar, with no milk, no emulsifiers listed and nothing else. At 80% cocoa solids this is firmly a dark bar, with the sugar kept low enough that the bean does the talking. The maker files it under vegan friendly. Because it is a single origin from one place rather than a blend, the flavour is specific to that harvest, so expect it to taste different from a Ghanaian or Peruvian bar at the same percentage, and treat it as a bar to taste slowly rather than eat by the handful.

Let a square melt on the tongue before dinner or with a short black coffee, and try it side by side with the maker's Chocolarder Asháninka 72% Dark Chocolate to see how much origin changes a bar. It suits a whisky too: a measure of The One Fine Blended Whisky alongside works well. For a gift, pair it with other bars from The Dark Cocoa Selection Hamper range.

A 70g bar in plastic-free, recyclable packaging. No major allergens declared; made in a facility that handles milk and tree nuts.

• No major allergens declared

Delivery

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Cheese is cut fresh to order and sent chilled, dispatched every Monday and Wednesday. Everything in your order ships together in one insulated box, arriving the next day.

Delivery £4.95, free on orders over £50. Chilled delivery £5.95.

Returns

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