TUCUPI DARK CHOCOLATE BY TO’AK 28 G
Tucupí—also called Neapía—is made from fermented manioc (cassava) starch and chilies slowly cooked over a wood fire. It has a rich, spicy, smoky, and umami flavor. This bar of exclusive To’ak chocolate is perfect for sampling this rare delight.
To’ak chocolates are made from some of the rarest cocoa beans in the world “Ancient Nacional”, which traces its lineage back more than 5000 years. Ecuador is home to the first known cacao trees on earth. In the 1800’s Ecuador was producing, what was considered by European chocolatiers the finest cacao available. In the early 1900’s it was wiped out by a disease, and a century of hybridization followed. This ancient variety of cacao, “Ancient Nacional”, was thought to be extinct until recently. Some healthy trees were found still growing wild in the Piedra de Plata region of Ecuador.