Marou COCONUT MILK 55% Bar

Made with Trinitario beans from the Mekong River Delta's Ben Tre province, where cacao is shaded by a canopy of coconut palms.  The deftly balanced combination is redolent with caramel and cinnamon notes.  Ingredients: Cacao, can sugar, coconut milk powder Gluten-Free; Nut-Free; Dairy-Free; Vegan; Soy-Free Two wandering Frenchmen, ex-banker Sam Maruta and former adman Vincent Mourou, met in the jungles of Vietnam. After searching out cacao farms on a whim (and with no chocolate-making experience whatsoever), they began creating bean-to-bar chocolate in the French tradition in their Saigon workshop. Luckily for us they seem to have a knack for it. Vietnamese cacao dates back to the colonial era when the French ministry tried to encourage its growth in the late 1800’s. Unfortunately these efforts soon petered out and the industry remained dormant until the 1980s when Russia suggested exporting cacao for the Moscow market. This too proved short-lived as trade with Russia dried up after t