Cluizel Plantation Vila Gracinda Dark 73% 70g

It is on the island of Sao Tomé, on the Equator off the coast of central Africa, that the first African cocoa plantations were planted in the 19th century.

Vila Gracinda Noir Plantation Chocolate bar 73% cocoa reveals accents of unique volcanic and marine soil: toasted, spicy and herbaceous, with hints of tropical fruits and liquorice. In Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea, Sao Tomé is a small island on the line of the equator. Its volcanic soil and its equatorial climate are so suitable for cocoa trees that Sao Tome is nicknamed "the island of chocolate". The proximity to the Atlantic Ocean gives the beans from the Vila Gracinda Plantation a hint of iodine deposited by the sea breeze.