When we hold the thin and square chocolate mini from Sanjana Patel’s latest limited collection, which took two years to develop, it reminded us of artist Sudhir Patwardhan’s rendition of Mumbai’s mills. The shape lifts off a 2D render of a geometric design tessellation into 3D. The ridges allow us to chip away a small bite with the teeth, before we slide it end-to-end onto the tongue.

Those who are aware of Patel’s cacao journey, know that she is a maverick; a complete cacao head who will travel across the long and short of the globe—even if it is meant on crutches—to chase the scent of a good cacao farm experience. For this edition of Cacao Origins Chocolate Thins (R1,150), she has used a stash sourced from the award-winning cacao bean lot from Idukki (Kerala), Madagascar, and Peru.