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Since 1998

ORIGINAL BEANS sees the chocolate industry in a new light; as a means to replenish the planet and generate joy within our senses. Why are they different? ORIGINAL BEANS uses the world's rarest cacao beans. They are involved from the 'ground up' to bring forth these beans' distinctive flavors. Their chocolate-making includes twenty steps, from tree-planting to a 20-60 hour conching process. The result – a crisp snap and luscious melt with vivid fruit notes.

ORIGINAL BEANS is allied with farmers' co-ops to preserve the rainforest biodiversity in which the best cacao trees thrive. With each purchase, you contribute to the replenishment of these forests and protect original beans for future generations. One bar plants one tree. That's their promise to you, to farmers, and to the planet.

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Phone Toll-Free: 877-992-4626 (877-99-CHOCO) / Portland, OR Local: 503-692-3323.

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“Story of Cacao” Sampler Bars Couvertures

Original Beans “Story of Cacao” Sampler

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Original Beans “Story of Cacao” Bar Sampler
Original Beans “Story of Cacao” Bar Sampler

Four bars of showcasing Original Beans' line of exceptional chocolates. One bar each of Cru Piura Porcelana (dark, 75% cacao), Cru Virunga (dark, 70% cacao), Beni Wild Harvest (dark, 66% cacao), and Esmeraldas (milk, 42% cacao) in a handsome wrapper. Net wt: 2.46oz/70g per bar.

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Original Beans Chocolate Bars

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Original Beans Cru Piura Porcelana Bar
Original Beans Cru Piura Porcelana Bar – 75% Cacao

Crafted exclusively with white cacao from the Pirua River Valley in the Peruvian Andes. The chocolate is conched for 72 hours. Cacao origin: Peru. Net wt: 2.46oz/70g.

Notes: Kumquat, lime, apricot, and raspberry flavors with hints of toasted pecan.

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Winner 2009 Original Beans Cru Virunga Bar – 70% Cacao

This is the first-ever single-source chocolate from the heart of Africa: the Congo. The beans are grown at the margins of the dense, Forests of the Virunga national park, home to gorillas, okapis and the original Pygmy people. The chocolate is conched for 20 hours, which results in a well rounded, intense flavor profile that gives flight to all the fruit notes. Cacao origin: Congo. Net wt: 2.46oz/70g.

Notes: mouthwatering fruit of mulberry, cara cara orange and a floral burst of honeysuckle. It dances on the tongue.

Original Beans Cru Virunga Bar
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Original Beans Beni Wild Harvest Bar
Original Beans Beni Wild Harvest Bar – 66% Cacao

These Original Beans of the Amazonian Northeast of Bolivia are the ancestors of all cacao. Harvested in the wild by canoe, these beans are so much smaller than typical cacao that few manufacturers have mastered the special roasting techniques to extract their unique flavors. The chocolate is conched for 24 hours, which creates a slight acidity with a lingering finish. Cacao origin: Bolivia. Net wt: 2.46oz/70g.

Notes: Cognac, raisins, honeyed black tea, slightly tannic with a lush prune finish.

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USDA Organic Logo Original Beans Esmeraldas Milk Bar – 42% Cacao
One of the most distinctive milk chocolates made. It starts with Arriba cacao from Ecuador, which typically lends itself to some of the world's boldest dark chocolate. Sweet Swiss milk is then added, and the chocolate is conched for 50-hours, which brings out buttery, rich caramel notes. Topped with a subtle nip of sea salt (fleur de sel), this milk chocolate has a sexy purr, while maintaining the robustness of a refined dark chocolate. Cacao origin: Ecuador. Net wt: 2.46oz/70g.
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Original Beans Chocolate Couvertures

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Winner 2009 Original Beans Cru Virunga Couverture – 70% Cacao

This is the first-ever single-source chocolate from the heart of Africa: the Congo. The beans are grown at the margins of the dense, Forests of the Virunga national park, home to gorillas, okapis and the original Pygmy people. The chocolate is conched for 20 hours, which results in a well rounded, intense flavor profile that gives flight to all the fruit notes. Cacao origin: Congo.

Notes: mouthwatering fruit of mulberry, cara cara orange and a floral burst of honeysuckle. It dances on the tongue.

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