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Original Beans Virunga 70% Dark Chocolate Bar, Virunga Park, Congo
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Original Beans Virunga Dark Chocolate Bar

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You’ve heard about and perhaps experienced Swiss chocolate. Many people say it’s their favorite chocolate in the world, and it’s largely because chocolate crafted in Switzerland has a voluptuous, silky mouthfeel that creates pure pleasure as it melts on your taste buds.

Original Beans developed the first single origin cacao from war-torn Eastern Congo. The beans come from Virunga Park, a protected area intended to preserve the last 800 mountain gorillas left. Please, please help save the majestic mountain gorillas (and you’ll find them gracing the eye-catching packaging as a reminder)! They need your help, and let me tell you…the pleasure will be all yours once you taste this heavenly bar.



Fudgy chocolate, morello cherry, rice crispies, tea and a hint of berries and nuts are the lip-smacking flavor notes in the Virunga 70% Dark Chocolate Bar. 

I recently hosted a private tasting for dark chocolate fans and this bar was well-loved by all the discriminating palates around the table. 

 

Meet Original Beans founder Philipp Kauffman, who made a full-tilt career pivot from United Nations conservationist to climate-positive chocolate entrepreneur. His business is dedicated to conserving the rarest and most prized cacao varietals on earth while supporting their ecosystems.







Inspired by one of his forefathers who wrote a book on forests in 1795, Philipp created Original Beans 213 years later out of the desire to marry exquisite chocolate with conservation. Philipp’s ancestor felt called to plant the seed of “Nachaltigkeit” (“sustainability”) in the hope of inspiring future generations to care for Mother Earth. Little did he know that more than two centuries into the future, a conservationist movement would be afoot, spearheaded by his very own relative. 
Philipp’s mission is to source the “rarest and fairest” cacao beans in the world and “transform the cultures of chocolate, food and luxury while regenerating the world.”



”A unique product and a taste that touches not only the palate and the stomach but also the conscience.”
                                              - Andreu Genestra
                                                 Hôtel Rural Prediction Son Jaumell Capdepera
                                                 Mallorca, Spain



  • Handcrafted from Congolese Cacao (Cocoa Solids 70% Minimum)
  • Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Mass, Organic Raw Cane Sugar, Organic Cacao Butter
  • Allergy Info: May contain traces of almonds and hazelnuts
  • Net Weight:  70 g. / 2.47 oz.
  • Country of Origin: Switzerland