JAGUAR TREE CACAO (Theobroma bicolor) Naive 60g

This range introduces Naive's original approach to crafting ultra-rare chocolate, inviting curious gourmets and cacao lovers to explore new shapes, parts, and layers of the entire cacao fruit, tasting chocolate in a new way. By using rare white heirloom and wild jaguar cacao for this limited collection, Domantas Užpalis appealed to the most discerning palates.

The antioxidant composition of Jaguar cacao is naturally different from regular dark (sometimes even purple and heavily pigmented) T. cacao due to its light colour. It contains only half the same types of cacao antioxidants but 1000 times more of the lesser-known flavonoid called myricetin. It also has significantly higher levels of various other phenolic acids.

This special dark 70% chocolate is, like all high-quality high-percentage bars, very rich in stable fat energy, specific fibre, proteins, minerals, and antioxidants. The nutritional composition and fat/carbohydrate/protein content, specific and unique to each brand and type due to the origin of the beans and processing, reveal and anticipate interesting differences.

The pods emit a strong aroma one to two weeks after falling from the tree. The scent is particularly aromatic in the evening. As the pods dry, their surface begins to resemble the pattern on a jaguar's skin.
Each pod contains an average of 30-50 beans wrapped in juicy yellow slime. Unlike T. cacao, mature Jaguar cacao beans do not contain significant amounts of alkaloids like caffeine, so its taste is not bitter at all. The initial taste resembles fresh almonds or macadamia nuts and slightly unripe avocado, followed by notes of toasted bread with a hint of spicy, smoky, and chocolate tones a few seconds later. The aftertaste is multi-layered and long, lasting up to 5 minutes. The profile is of high quality with very little bitterness or astringency.

Breaking a piece of this chocolate reveals aromas of herbs and hay, cacao, leather, and smoke with a spicy finish. Placing a piece in the mouth, the chocolate soon achieves a caramel-like consistency, syrupy and full, dense. It starts with notes of foam bananas with a hint of papaya and candied oranges, leading to spicy tones of paprika. Jaguar beans taste most similar to macadamia nuts and almost resemble a 'buttery biscuit', giving the bar a touch of perfect chocolate biscuit. Chocolate and spice complement each other well, and the bar is well-balanced. It is a chocolate for gourmets who enjoy flavour combinations or seek something unusual in their chocolate. It is especially for those who want to try an ultra-rare treat.

"Chocolate is like my own life - bitter and sweet. It has always been my constant companion, seeing me grow from a carefree child into a completely quixotic adult. Chocolate is as lush as my most vivid dream and as humble as my simple reality. By tasting Naive chocolate, you give meaning to my lifelong project - and for that, I want to personally thank you."

Domantas Užpalis

In a small town on the eastern side of Lithuania, Chocolate Naive produces its unique chocolates 'from bean to bar'. Every early morning, the chocolate master carefully roasts fresh cacao beans, whose delicious aroma gently awakens the town's residents. Just as a hundred years ago, Naive slowly conches cacao beans to release their extraordinary palette of flavours with notes of fruit, nuts, and flowers. These handmade bars are stored for later, maturing and then creating diverse flavour ranges with natural superfoods and spices. At Chocolate Naive, one of only 200 such producers worldwide, the entire production cycle begins with the dried cacao bean...

Top-quality cacao beans are carefully selected from exceptional farms. They are then transported via old maritime routes to Europe and finally to Lithuania, home of Chocolate Naive. For Naive, two key principles are most important: Firstly - they work only with the best ingredients in the world. Secondly - they strive to become world-class artisans in working with these ingredients. That's all. Naive makes chocolate in ways that best reveal the character of a specific cacao bean. Chocolate is finally born only after careful analysis of taste, colour, aroma, and texture. For some time now, Naive products have been putting Lithuania on the delicacy map as a rising star of world gourmet chocolate. Experience a piece of our secret for yourself.

Ingredients:

Wild jaguar cacao, 70% heirloom chocolate (white heirloom cacao, cane sugar*, cacao butter*), smoked paprika, sea salt. Cocoa solids content min. 70%. *organic

WEIGHT: 65 g
MADE: Lithuania Country of cacao origin: Central America
STORAGE: Store in a cool, dry place.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION PER 100 G:

Energy value
2287 kJ/546 kcal
Fats 48 g
of which saturated fatty acids 25 g
Carbohydrates 36 g
of which sugars 30 g
Proteins 8 g
Salt 300mg

Aroma profile/tones - Foam bananas, papaya, candied oranges, paprika, macadamia, biscuits