70% Dark with Roasted Pili Nuts

70% Dark with Roasted Pili Nuts

Bean-to-bar.  Small-batch.  Hand-crafted.

Pili nuts come from the Pili tree mostly grown wild in the Bicol Region of the Philippines.  The nut has a rich, creamy and mild crunch.  We roasted these pili nuts ourselves to bring out more of its nutty flavor. 

The cacao we used originated from the February 2023 harvest at Ino's Farm in Liliw, Laguna.  We fermented and dried these beans ourselves under the Banahaw Mountain Cacao brand - https://www.banahawmountaincacao.com.  

Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cacao Butter, Roasted Pili Nuts

Net Weight: 1.76 oz (50g)

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Our Story:  With all 3 children grown up, done with school and flown the nest, Romy & Rose decided in 2017 it was time to retire, sell the house, downsize, and hit the road to see the world.  It was on one of those trips that they discovered bean-to-bar craft chocolate.  For Romy, who grew up with cacao trees in neighbors' backyards in his hometown in Liliw, Laguna, it was an opportunity to learn and work on something new.  With the Banahaw Mountain Cacao brand (https://www.banahawmountaincacao.com) they hope to help cacao farmers in Romy's hometown produce high-quality fine-flavored cacao beans that craft chocolate makers are looking for.  Encouraged by many doors opening to them, Romy & Rose found the path leading them to the creation of Solihiya Chocolate, a Filipino brand for excellent craft chocolate made possible by cacao farmers' hard work.  

Here's one of those "doors" opened by Brighthouse Financial featuring Romy in an ad on life after retirement ...