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Cauca Alta Basin · 70% cacao

Sea Salt & Nib 70%

$14.50

75 g bar · price includes the fermentation log card

Nib from the same batch stirred back in at the end, with flaky salt across the base. Seventy per cent.

55 in stock

Cacao
70%
Net weight
75 g
Ferment
5 days
Batch
SN-2508-018
SKU: CF-SN70 Category:
  • Two ingredients in every dark bar — cacao and cane sugar.
  • Farm-gate price printed on the wrapper insert, not averaged.
  • Shipped in insulated paper. Free over $60 in the continental US.

Tasting panel

Flavour wheel

Flavour intensity across six axes, scored out of ten by the tasting panel. 2 4 6 8 10 Fruit Floral Nut Caramel Smoke Acidity
  • Fruit 5/10
  • Floral 2/10
  • Nut 7/10
  • Caramel 5/10
  • Smoke 4/10
  • Acidity 6/10
  • Six tasters, blind, three sittings. Scores are the median, not the mean, so one outlier palate cannot move the shape.

Traceability

Where this batch came from

Estancia Cauca Alta

Batch SN-2508-018
  • Region Cauca Alta Basin
  • Altitude 640 m
  • Variety Criollo / Trinitario
  • Fermentation 5 days
  • Roast 21 min @ 120 °C
  • Harvest Main crop 2025
  • Farm-gate paid $6.85 / kg dry
Valley section
640 m valley floor ridgeline
Roast curve
120 °C 0 min 21 min
Wet beans were boxed the day they were cut, turned every 24 hours, then sun-dried on raised beds until they held twelve per cent moisture. Nothing in this record is averaged across harvests.

Description

The nib in this bar is not a garnish from another lot — it is winnowed from the same Cauca Alta beans that made the liquor, held back before grinding and stirred in cold at the end so it stays crunchy.

Salt goes on the base of the mould rather than the top, which means it hits the tongue first and opens up the dark cherry underneath. Use a light hand with it and you get contrast; use a heavy hand and you get a savoury bar. We weigh it.

Our best seller, and the one we put in front of anyone who says they can taste the difference between origins.

Additional information

Weight 0.075 lbs
Cacao

70%

Origin

Cauca Alta Basin

Estate

Estancia Cauca Alta

Altitude

640 m

Variety

Criollo / Trinitario

Fermentation

5 days

Net weight

75 g

Batch

SN-2508-018

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