*Gold medal winner at the NZ Chocolate Awards 2018*

The bees that make this honey forage amongst native Mānuka in the Western ranges of Nelson, producing honey with an incredible flavour due to the whopping 83% pollen count.

Hogarth have paired Aotearoa native honey with single-origin cacao from Hacienda Victoria, Ecuador, with the genetic variety Arriba Nacional. The result is a chocolate with full honey flavour and a little fruit, balanced sweetness and crunchy cacao nibs.

70g 

Cacao Variety

Arriba Nacional.

The variety is Arriba Nacional, a species whose natural home is in Ecuador where it is known as “Fine Flavour” cacao. Hacienda Victoria are experts in fermentation and have no less than 11 different fermentation protocols to choose from. Hogarth chose a protocol that gives the cocoa very low acidity and a mild fruitiness, focusing more on the cocoa flavour rather than fruitiness. This makes it excellent for high percentage chocolate.

Cacao Origin

Hacienda Victoria in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Hacienda Victoria is a 500 hectare cocoa plantation about 30 minutes from Guayaquil with ideal climate and superb environmental conditions, along with a sustainable and socially responsible crop management that begins in their nursery and ends in the drying of beans after careful fermentation. It is at Hacienda Victoria that they are bringing the lush forest back to life, bringing back the tradition of growing the world’s best cacao.

Maker

Hogarth Chocolate has built up a reputation for making exceptional chocolate, sourcing some of the finest quality cacao beans from around the world and treating them with extreme care and precision. From the sorting to the roasting to the conching, every step of their chocolate making process has been turned into a fine art, ensuring that they produce some of the highest quality chocolate in New Zealand.⁠

Karl and Marina Hogarth have been perfecting their art down in Nelson for years, launching nationally back in December 2015. They have helped to put New Zealand firmly on the fine chocolate map by picking up several awards at the International Chocolate Awards and the Academy of Chocolate Awards.

Ingredients

Cocoa solids 66% (organic cocoa beans, organic cocoa butter), organic sugar, manuka honey

Soy, gluten and dairy free.