Papua New Guinea 2014 Reserve—The Final Chapter
Some chocolates tell a story. This one tells the last.
In 2014, we received our final shipment of cocoa beans from a remote plantation in the Markham Valley of Papua New Guinea. Nestled in rich volcanic soil, this land produced some of the most distinctive cacao we’ve ever encountered. The beans were fermented in wooden boxes for five days and dried using traditional wood-fired techniques—a process that yielded deep, layered flavors you won’t find anywhere else.
And then, it was lost.
The plantation was decommissioned and repurposed for other crops. The cocoa trees were removed. The harvest of 2014 was the last. Knowing this, we crafted a final batch of chocolate from these beans and carefully aged it for a full decade—ten years to allow the flavors to mellow, deepen, and evolve into something truly extraordinary.
The result is our Papua New Guinea 2014 Reserve—a single origin, two-ingredient dark chocolate with a flavor profile that unfolds as it melts: tropical fruit, green banana, a hint of smoke, and earthiness that lingers long after the last bite.
This bar isn’t just rare. It’s unreproducible.
No more beans will come. No more bars will be made. And as of this post, fewer than 50 bars remain. What’s left is a limited reserve of aged chocolate—a piece of cocoa history preserved in time. When it’s gone, it’s gone forever.
If you're a chocolate collector, a flavor explorer, or someone who simply appreciates something truly special, don’t wait.
Secure your bar of Papua New Guinea 2014 Reserve before the last chapter closes.
Pictured: The raised huts once used by cocoa farmers who lived and worked on the Markham Valley plantation.