Sao Tome 75%

The Sao Tome bar has a wonderfully fresh, intense nose with notes of fruit and spice. The fruit and spice dominate the palate, which includes a nice bitter and sweet balance and a long, nicely acidic finish. Sao Tome, like the other Pralus single-origin bars, has a cocoa-mass content of 75% and a touch of soy lecithin for smoothness.

The beans used for this chocolate are of the Forastero variety, hailing from 0 degrees 19 minutes North, and 6 degrees 43 minutes East, which puts the plantation on the island of São Tomé off the west coast of Africa - and just to the northeast of the point where the Equator and the International Dateline meet.

François Pralus now has his own cacao plantation in Madagascar on the island of Nosy Be, also known as the “isle of perfumes”. From Sao Tome by the way of Brazil and Venezuela, Monsieur Pralus has personally selected cacao for the plantation from the finest origins in the world. The beans are grown, harvested and fermented with care and then roasted and transformed into a delightful chocolate in his Roanne facility.

Based in France, Pralus Chocolate uses only the best beans of their own choosing from around the world. By creating their own chocolate from the beans, they achieve the peak of flavor and aroma. The result is the Pralus chocolate that takes you on a journey of unique taste through the world of chocolate and cocoas.