Single estate dark

Ridge Dark 72%

Our purest bar: estate beans, cane sugar and nothing else. Red fruit, roasted almond and a long, clean finish.

₦6,500 80 g bar

Cocoa: 72%
Lot: CR 26 11 A
Weight: 80 g

Tasting notes

What you will taste

Red fruit, roasted almond and a long, clean finish. Let a piece melt on your tongue rather than chewing: the flavour changes as it melts, and the finish is where this bar shows off.

Our tasting panel’s scores, out of 10 (example).

From the lot

Where this bar came from

HarvestBlock A, November
Ferment6 days
Roast118 degrees, 26 minutes
Conche72 hours

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Pairs with

Three good companions

Pawpaw
The fruit notes meet in the middle.
Black coffee
A light roast, no sugar.
Roasted groundnuts
For the almond note.

A dark chocolate bar beside a pile of nuts

Ingredients and allergens

What is inside

Cocoa beans, cane sugar, cocoa butter. Cocoa solids 72 percent minimum.

Made in a workshop that also handles milk, groundnuts and tree nuts. Store below 25 degrees.

Clean and fruity, with a finish that goes on and on. The best dark bar I have bought in Nigeria.

Example client

Questions

About this bar

How long does it keep?

Twelve months for dark bars, nine months for milk. The date is on the back of the wrapper.

Can I buy it in bulk?

Yes. Boxes of 20 bars have 10 percent off, and the wholesale page has kilo prices.

Is the wrapper recyclable?

The paper is. The thin foil inner can go with your cans.

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