Friday, February 18, 2011

ChocolateBet: February 18, 2011


Chocolate of the Day:
1 square
Holy Chocolate
Single Origin Hawaiian Milk 38% square
Good +
Weight: .89 oz. (25 g.)
Calories: 134 calories (estimate)
Cost: $8.75 for assortment package of 6 squares
Purchased from: Draegers, in San Mateo, CA


I'm working my way through a pile of Holy Chocolate gold ingots. The company's assortment pack of six individually wrapped squares -- each from different parts of the cocoa-growing world, speaks to the range of meanings associated with the term single origin. For example, today's chocolate is a Single Origin Hawaiian Milk Chocolate (38%) square. Most single origin chocolates are dark chocolates. Does the milk have to come from the same origin as the cacao beans? I don't know the answer to this question.

Today was Day #6 of Chocolate and Single Origin Theme Week.

ChocolateBet: February 17, 2011

Chocolate(s) of the Day:
2 squares/ingots
Holy Chocolate (Mar Toma Enterprise)

1.) Artisan Blend - Midnight 91% Extra Dark Chocolate
Very Good - Very Good +
Weight: "Approx. 1 oz. (25 g.)"/ 6 oz. (168 g.) for total package of 6 squares
Calories: 129 calories (estimate)

2.) Single Origin Columbia 65% Dark Chocolate
Very Good - Very Good +
Weight: .89 oz. (25 g.) / 6 oz. (168 g.) for total package of 6 squares
Calories: 130 calories (estimate)

Cost: $8.75 for a package of 6 squares
Purchased from: Draegers, in San Mateo, CA

Today was Day #5 of Chocolate and Single Origin Theme Week.

Holy Chocolate's Midnight 91% Extra Dark bar was smooth, rich and refreshingly non-sweet. However, this Artisan Blend was not specifically labeled as a single origin chocolate (as were the other five squares in this packaged assortment). And I needed to eat a single origin chocolate today. (These theme weeks I started are annoying at times like this.)

The answer to this problem was simple...eat another chocolate that was single origin. I chose the Single Origin Columbia 65% dark chocolate square (pictured) from this 6-piece package. It was quite sweet -- but most chocolates do taste quite sweet if you eat them right after a 91% blend. What I liked about this gold foil wrapped 65% "ingot": fleeting hints of ripe banana, floral, bubble gum notes. I enjoy an interesting flavor curve with some pleasant surprises like this.



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