Okapi 65

Available in 2.5kg

An intense herbaceous dark chocolate, with flavours of spices & dried fruits.

Applications

Ganache • Cakes • Pastries • Desserts • Ice cream • Pralines

Cocoa solids
Average fat
Viscosity
Fluid
Thick

This flavourful and versatile chocolate gives a warm feeling, especially combined with spices like cinnamon, clove and pepper. Combinations with red fruits like raspberry and black currants nicely lift up the acidity.

Peter Remmelzwaal

Owner of PR Patisserie

Empowering from farmer to chef

Flavour Details

Product details

A powerfully dynamic chocolate, starting with an intense cocoa flavour, with roasted, earthy, tobacco notes and a good clean bitterness. Moving to suggestions of black pepper, delicate orange, raisin and dried fruit flavours, it evolves beautifully into a herbal veggie finish, with a quiet farewell of honeylike sweetness. Once tasted, never forgotten.

Tempering curves

Type
Belgian dark chocolate dots

Packaging
Resealable

Weight
2.5kg

Best before
24 months

La coopérative Cocoa Okapi

Genetics
Forastero, Trinitario Hybrids

Other Crops
Plantain, coffee, rubber, vegetables

Terroir
Forêt tropicale humide - Savane 2 000 m d'altitude

Fermentation & Drying Process

El Salvador

01
5 days - 3 turns

Box fermentation in micro center

  • Ideal for single haciendas
  • Uniformity for big volumes
02
3 days gradual sun exposure

Pre-drying

  • Gradual reduction of acidity
  • Further color development
03
6-7 days under direct sun

Drying

  • Clean appearance
  • Easier separation of husk
  • Reduced acidity
  • Slower speed for moisture reduction
  • no risk for case hardening

Sourcing expertise and optimization of post-harvest processes

Veliche™ has identified the best beans in El Salvador and D.R. Congo and optimized the fermentation and drying processes to deliver exquisite and consistent taste profiles.

Traceable cocoa

Veliche™ offers signature origins chocolates that are made with cocoa coming from identified local cooperatives: Hacienda San José del Real de la Carrera in El Salvador and the Okapi Co-operative in D.R. Congo, to facilitate the connection between origin countries and artisans and to suppoert the brand efforts to improve farmers' living income