Origenec - 60% - Highland Chocolate
Origenec from Latacunga in the Cotopaxi highlands offers a very fine bar. The chocolate is gentle, with notes of dried apricot and cardamom that extend toward walnut.
ChocoCumi - Pichincha - 70%
ChocoCumi’s single-origin bars do not disappoint. The brand’s signature remains: a rich, intense chocolate with tart berry notes. Here, aromatic herb flavors come forward — thyme, rosemary and tea — in an original, nuanced blend.
Asoproaval - Artisanal Chocolate - 54% Cocoa
Asoproaval is a community association of cocoa producers from the village of La Mana in Cotopaxi. It’s hard to find much information about them. According to an academic article about their work, they recently organized to create tablets — whereas previously they mainly exported cocoa.
Maison du Cacao - 70% - Bois d'Inde
The history of chocolate has many fascinating detours. One of them was told to me by a good friend who visited Guadeloupe, a small French island in the Antilles. There, apparently, cocoa was once cultivated for the pleasure of the King’s Court of France.
ChocoCumi - Guayas - 70%
When you taste several chocolates from the same brand, you begin to recognize a certain signature—flavors that echo across different cocoa origins.