Chef de Cuisine Drops - 70% Cacao Grand cru de Sambirano beans directly from the grower in Madagascar - 2 kg

Why buy

Indulge in these award-winning, easily dissolvable confectionery drops (pips) made from the finest and freshest cocoa beans sourced from the Sambirano Valley in Madagascar. These chocolate drops boast fruity, raisin and citrus notes with a smooth texture and long finish.

Each stone (1-3 g) has a rich reddish-brown colour, is free of added sugar and has a high fibre content. Freshly made without added flavours or chemical processing, these chocolate drops are ideal for chocolatiers, confectioners and chocolatiers who are all about quality and not quantity.

With a melting temperature of 45-50 °C and a crystallisation temperature of 27 °C, they are versatile for various culinary applications. They are best stored in optimal conditions and each 2 kg pack contains pure Madagascar cocoa beans with at least 70% cocoa solids.

Indicated use temperature: 32-33°.

International awards

• Silver - Academy of Chocolate Awards, 2019
• Silver - Academy of Chocolate Awards, 2015
• World Finalist - World International Chocolate Awards, 2014
• Bronze - Americas International Chocolate Awards, 2014

The island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean is considered to be the best cocoa-growing region on the African continent, and Chocolat Madagascar is a brand that has been inseparable from it since 1940. You have to try their sustainably produced chocolate on the original retro chocolate line - it has a cult reputation.

Follow the Chocolat Madagascar brand on our Instagram where you can find out lots of information and interesting facts, as well as be inspired by regular chocolate recipes.

Ingredients

Madagascar cocoa beans, cane sugar, Madagascar cocoa butter, non-GMO sunflower lecithin. Cocoa solids min. 70 %.

Chocolate contains 2.2 times more cocoa and 83% less added sugar than EU standards for this type of chocolate. So this is really honest chocolate, voluntarily produced by the producer at a much higher quality than the regulations state. It does not contain milk, so it is also suitable for vegans.

Making tree to bar chocolates

The entire production of Chocolat Madagascar chocolates - from the harvesting of the cocoa beans, through their processing, to the subsequent production of the chocolates and their packaging - is carried out directly in Madagascar - the so-called tree to bar production.

The cocoa beans are thus as fresh as possible at the time of processing, which has a significant impact on their taste and nutritional value. Thanks to their full flavour, the chocolates taste great on their own, they are not unpleasantly bitter, and there is no need to add any additional flavourings or chemically treat them with alkalisation.

This method of production also supports the local economy to the maximum extent possible and is also a highly environmentally friendly solution thanks to fuel savings. The Chocolat Madagascar brand has elevated the concept of fair trade to raise trade.

What is raise trade

The term 'raise trade' means that the chocolate is produced entirely in the country where the cocoa is grown. Most chocolates (traditional and fairtrade) import cocoa that continues to be processed in countries with economies that are rich compared to the country of origin of the cocoa.

Around 3% of the value is in the developing country that grows cocoa and 97% is in the processing country - a huge disparity for the economy of a developing country and a population that relies 100% on farming for its main livelihood.

Chocolat Madagascar is the only chocolate on this African island that has been actively practicing raise trade since 1940.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory doesn't exist

You may not know that by buying chocolate from a supermarket owned by a conglomerate like Nestlé, Unilever or Kraft, you are supporting child slavery in Africa or anywhere else where chocolate is grown.

Take a look at the back of your chocolate wrapper and find out who really makes it and where your hard-earned money goes. Cheap chocolate equals poor quality and unethical chocolate. Choose chocolate from a manufacturer such as Chocolat Madagascar.

If you want to try chocolates from other parts of the world, we have ultra high-end brands such as the British brand Tosier Chocolatemaker or the Belgian brand InCacao,where the emphasis is on fairtrade production and, above all, the use of the best quality cocoa available in the world(both brands buy cocoa only from the best cocoa farms in the world - the top 5%).

Take a look at the chart below, where you can clearly see the difference in the size of the chocolate market - fine flavour chocolate versus certified meat chocolate versus regular meat chocolate, which costs 50 CZK. High-end fine chocolate (in blue) you can't even see on the chart how tiny a percentage belongs to it.

This is what we offer in our e-shop from the brands Tosier Chocolatemaker and InCacao. By buying them, you not only get to enjoy the true taste of chocolate, but more importantly, you support poor farmers who work very hard instead of rich corporate executives, TV advertising and marketing. Let's put our money where it will make a difference. Thank you.

Compare the typical composition of regular cheap supermarket milk chocolate versus Chocolat Madagascar. And did you know that the vast majority of chocolate beans in commercially available bars (even the ones that call themselves bean-to-bar and the manufacturer won't tell you exactly where the cocoa beans come from) come from dried fermented stocks in European warehouses?

There is no such thing as Belgian chocolate or Swiss chocolate - since when did these countries have the climate to grow cocoa? This is one of the biggest marketing scams in the world. Don't let yourself be caught out by it either, since you already know the truth. (:

No? Well, that's the reality. We bring you fresh chocolate direct from the grower, made to order by us. And the only time that elapses is when she sails the sea for about 3 months. This chocolate tastes completely different and also has a completely different shelf life and above all properties.