Modica PGI chocolate with late Ciaculli mandarin

HANDMADE IN MODICA

50 g pack .

Ingredients : Single origin Ecuador Nacional cocoa mass, cane sugar, Ciaculli late mandarin peels in powder (5%). May contain traces of dried fruit, nuts , milk and milk derivatives .

Minimum cocoa: 60%

Nutritional values:

Description:

A selection of the prized single-origin Ecuador Nacional cocoa meets the fresh and delicate flavor of late Ciaculli mandarin . This is how our entirely handmade bar was born, from processing to final wrapping. The late Ciaculli mandarin was born in the 1940s, in Sicily, from a spontaneous mutation. Its name derives from the fact that it is a fruit that ripens later than other mandarins, from January to March. It is characterized by its very few seeds, its sweetness and for being very juicy . The late mandarin is born and grows in the Conca D'oro, a plain which, until the middle of the last century, was a single large garden surrounding the city of Palermo: an enchanted and fruitful place, about which poets and travelers wrote, a place of meeting of cultures and civilisations. Although cultivated land has been drastically reduced over the last fifty years, the late mandarin, a slow food product, is today the most prestigious production of the consortium which brings together 65 small growers.

Our Sicily still smells of citrus fruits.

History of Modica Chocolate

Modica chocolate has very ancient origins and finds its roots in what is defined as: "the people of the fifth sun", the Aztecs, who reigned in Central and South America from the 13th to the 16th century. Among the great and wonderful cultures and traditions of this extraordinary people of ancient Mexico, cocoa played an important role: it was in fact considered nutritious food, economic support, but also a symbol of excellent social position. Also used for its benefits and healing properties, it was also attributed a mystical meaning and was considered a vehicle for communicating with deities.

The Aztecs used cocoa beans to make a drink, called xocoatl, which they flavored with local spices and herbs.

The intervention of another people was necessary for this cocoa bean processing technique to reach from distant Messino to our Modica: in fact, Spanish domination, common to the territory of present-day Mexico and Sicily, meant that this method almost found its natural location in Modica.
It was the Spaniards who added sugar for the first time during the processing of cocoa beans.

Even today, Modica chocolate is produced according to the ancient recipe.

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We are committed to bringing to your home the best taste and freshness that the Sicilian artisan food and wine tradition has to offer!

For this reason, ordinary delivery times, from the moment of notification of shipment, are generally between 7 and 15 working days:

• In some cases the products are immediately available and ready to leave in a short time and therefore we will proceed with shipping immediately! Shipping within the national territory can also affect the speed.
• In other cases , to guarantee maximum freshness and quality, the products are made specifically for your order! So, to produce your freshest specialties, it takes its time. International shipping may also affect the speed.

We know that speed is an important factor and for this reason we are committed to processing your orders in the shortest time.

You can follow the progress of your shipment with the no. tracking that will arrive by email a few days after the order, when the package is ready to be shipped to you!

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Important information for USA Customers : unfortunately at the moment we CANNOT ship ALCOHOL and FISH IN OIL.

Important information for SWITZERLAND and UK customers: unfortunately we CANNOT ship ALCOHOL at the moment.

However, let's remember that all the other products are available... and delicious! Thank you.