Vintage Plantations 75% Dark Chocolate with Coconut Chunks

This 75% dark chocolate bar from Ecuador is loaded with chunks of coconut and is Rainforest Alliance certified. Vintage Plantations pioneered the Rainforest Alliance certification in Ecuador, ensuring the cocoa is grown according to rigorous social and environmental standards that safeguard the environment and farming communities.

Grown only in Ecuador, Arriba is a fine flavored cocoa with a perfumed floral scent. Smooth and subtle, with a dominant floral note and nutty after notes. No vanilla or aroma is added.

Plantation's mission is to safeguard heirloom cocoa varieties and encourage new sustainable cultivation methods that preserve the rain forest and guarantee a fair price for cacao planters. The trees' parentage has been identified by Cirad, a leading international cocoa research organization, to be 100% Arriba.

Vintage Plantations pioneered the Rainforest Alliance, a leading conservation agency dedicated to implementing better business practices for biodiversity conservation and sustainability. The Alliance's Ecuadorian partner, Conservacion y Desarrollo, is implementing the sustainable program. Vintage Chocolates guarantee heirloom variety traceability and conceived this project to protect the last remaining stands of native arriba cocoa plantations.

By buying the Arriba bar, you support the planters directly, help preserve the only native cocoa flavor varietal, and safeguard the Ecuadorian rain forest.