TAMARINA

Damville, Normandy, France

PERCENT: min 70% Cacao

CACAO BEAN ORIGIN:   Sao Tome

CHOCOLATIER: Michel Cluizel

PLANTATION:

It is on the island of Sao Tome, on the Equator off the coast of central Africa, that the first African cocoa plantations were planted in the 19th century. I found this plantation, where this ample, generous chocolate was born, to the north of the island, near a beautiful beach lined with coconut and tamarind trees.

CHOCOLATIER'S TASTING NOTES:

This chocolate expresses notes of a fertile, volcanic, marine soil, which blend, in a superbly lingering delight, with subtle, grassy liquorice and roasted aromas.