Discover the Unique Taste of Criollo Betulia Cocoa Beans from Antioquia

Krak Chocolate – Colombia Betulia B9 70%

€ 9,95

The color of this chocolate bar betrays the taste of the bar, this time. The light chocolate milk color is due to the fact that they work with a rare old cocoa variety. This cacao is completely white (normally when you pick it fresh it is brown or purple) and it makes it look like a nice creamy milk chocolate in front of you! Read the flavour profiles below!

Flavour profile: A complex chocolate with lots of exotic fruits, nice cocoa taste, notes of spices and pine.

Ingredients: Cocoa beans and unrefined cane sugar.

80 grams dark chocolate 70%

Our chocolate is Vegan, soy and gluten free. May contain traces of lactose and is made in a facility that does not process peanuts and tree nuts.

Out of stock

These beans come from Hacienda Betulia, in the northwestern province of Antioquia in Colombia. traditionally a traditional cocoa-growing region. The criollo Betulia was created by grafting old local Colombian cocoa trees. At the Hacienda there are 3 trees selected that produced completely ‘white’ cocoa beans and a beautiful cocoa taste but also the complex fruit notes. These trees are numbered B6, B8 and B9. They all have a different flavour profile and after years of grafting these mother trees, there are several tons of the 3 varieties available for the commercial market.

I met one of the owners in 2018 at a fermentation course in Brussels. Here I was able to taste some samples of his cocoa beans for the first time. As a chocolate maker, the B9 appeals to me the most because of its insanely fruity character. The color of the chocolate is misleading and looks more like a light milk chocolate.