Every bar in this collection begins before a single kilogram of cacao is purchased. Across five cooperatives on four continents, the same standard applies: beans are tasted at origin, and only the lots that pass that tasting make it into an LCDI bar. This is what Premier Cru means — a lot-level commitment to flavour that precedes and supersedes every other consideration. It is, as far as we know, what makes LCDI the only true two-ingredient dark chocolate made from beans flavour-tested and approved before purchase across five cooperative origins.