Chocolate Mexicano - Cacao Puro, Stone ground and Certified Organic. That's what you get, a beautifully simple, pure ingredients list: cacao and sugar. That's it. Part of Taza's Chocolate Mexicano series, this is not one bar, but actually two disks made up of notched wedges. 55% dark chocolate. 2.7oz.

Ingredients: Organic roasted cacao beans and organic cane sugar.



 PLANET POSITIVES:

+ USDA Certified Organic

+ Direct trade with growers ensures fair wages on the farm

+ Direct trade means reduced carbon foot print since there are no intermediary brokers

+ NewLeaf Chocolates is only six miles from the Taza factory, so we can get our inventory by hybrid car or bike, reducing the carbon footprint of the supply chain.

PROFILE: Taza Chocolate

Taza makes unique organic bean-to-bar chocolate in the USA. Their hand-made artisan chocolate is stone ground using traditional Mexican stone mills called molinos rather than extensive refining and conching. This method produces a minimally processed chocolate that retains the vivid fruity character of the raw bean. You can expect a truly unique flavor experience – from the rustic, coarse texture to the bright berry notes present in all their bars. Taza enjoys a growing cult following who understand that handmade artisan chocolate can have aesthetic “imperfections” such air bubbles or surface sugar crystals that have no effect on taste.

As members of Slow Food USA, they respect the principles of “good, clean and fair” – making chocolate that is good to eat, clean for the environment and fair to farmers. Taza follows a direct trade model where they cut out the intermediary cacao bean brokers and deal directly with the growers. By working directly with farmers, they can provide a premium above fair trade and closely monitor the quality of the beans. Even more, the carbon footprint of the supply chain is reduced when all the extra shipping and handling is cut out along with the “middleman” broker.