Cocoa Powder (accounts only)
$20.00 - $30.00
Cocoa powder is a standard pantry staple, and yet it’s almost impossible to find anything other than a very generic, big-brand cocoa powder in the supermarket. It’s time for something more interesting. The word “cocoa” is an Anglicization of the Mayan word “cacao.” Some people make the distinction that it should be called cacao until sugar is added, but most people use the terms interchangeably. We sell two different types: Natural and Dutch-processed.
Cocoa powder is simply cocoa beans that have been pressed to remove the majority of the cocoa butter and then milled to a fine powder. Natural cocoa powder has been cold-pressed and is lovely in baking. It has the strong, slightly bitter flavour of pure, un-processed cocoa. Dutch-processed cocoa is the most common type; it has been treated with an alkali that darkens the cocoa and mellows the flavour, creating a lovely, rich cocoa that’s excellent for every use, including hot chocolate.