Krak Chocolate - Colombia Sierra Nevada - Milk Chocolate

This is a milk chocolate, made with cacao from the Sierra Nevada in Colombia. Milk chocolate tastes softer and creamier than a dark bar, but because Krak selects and roasts the beans itself you can still taste the origin.

Because it is milk chocolate, the bar contains milk. So it is not suitable for a vegan diet. If you have an allergy, always check the ingredients list on the packaging.

The cacao comes from the Sierra Nevada, a mountain range in the north of Colombia close to the Caribbean coast. Cacao de Colombia sources the beans mainly from around ten farming families in the department of Magdalena.

Post-harvest processing takes place in a modern fermentation and drying centre in the lower lying community of Macondo. Cacao de Colombia has been giving the farmers technical support and a stable market for six years now. The farmers report a 72 percent higher annual income than before this market existed.

The bar weighs 80 grams. Krak Chocolade is the company of bean to bar chocolate maker Mark Schimmel, who makes the bars in the Netherlands.

Bean to bar means that he handles the whole process himself: selecting the cacao beans by harvest year and by origin, roasting and refining. Most chocolatiers work with ready made melted factory chocolate, and you can taste the difference.

Store the bar cool, dry and dark, preferably at around 15 to 18 degrees and well sealed. Do not put milk chocolate in the fridge: moisture and temperature changes make the bar turn white and give it a grainy texture.

Chocolate easily absorbs odours, so it is better not to store the bar next to coffee, tea or spices.