Saturday, June 27, 2015

SOMA Chocolatemaker - June 27, 2015

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Chocolate(s) of the Day: 

SOMA Chocolatemaker

Maya Dome
Good++
Weight: .4 oz. (11.32 g.) (estimate) for 1 piece
Calories: 60 calories (estimate) for 1 piece
Cost: $N/A - part of a larger box of chocolates
Purchased from: SOMA Chocolatemaker, Toronto, Canada

Blood Orange Marzipan Pinch
Good ++
Weight: .4 oz. (11.32 g.) (estimate) for 1 piece
Calories: 60 calories (estimate) for 1 piece
Cost: $N/A - part of a larger box of chocolates
Purchased from: SOMA Chocolatemaker, Toronto, Canada

Today was Day #4 of Chocolate and Botanicals Theme Week. This is a very easy theme week, and most everything in good chocolate has a flavorful plant origin story -- including the cacao, sugar and flavorings. Citrus peel offers a tangy sweet zing to today's two chocolates.

The glossy Maya Dome from SOMA Chocolatemaker (Toronto, Canada) was a version of the company's Maya drinking chocolate -- in domed, truffle form. The smooth ganache (filling) was infused with a tasty blend of chili, ginger, orange peel, allspice and cinnamon.

The second chocolate, a pleasantly plump Blood Orange Marzipan Pinch truffle, was a curved beauty stuffed with classic marzipan. Said marzipan filling was flecked with tiny bits of blood orange peel throughout that helped balance the sweet marzipan.


SOMA - Jasmine truffle - June 26, 2015

Chocolate of the Day: 

SOMA Chocolatemaker
Jasmine truffle
Good ++ - Very Good
Weight: 1.2 oz. (33.9 g.) (estimate) for 3 pieces
Calories: 180 calories (estimate) in 3 pieces
Cost: $ N/A - part of a larger box of chocolates
Purchased from: SOMA Chocolatemaker, Toronto, Canada

Today was Day #3 of Chocolate and Botanicals Theme Week.

Happiness this week was receiving a box of truffles from Toronto, Canada. And several were flavored with botanicals of the floral, fruit or nut variety.

Jasmine is a lovely, romantic floral scent in a perfume, tea or chocolate. I could get lost in it. But, I also appreciate the subtler layers of balanced flavor in this Jasmine truffle from SOMA Chocolatemaker (Toronto, Canada).

This creamy square melted like butter the moment I put it in my mouth. As it did, subtle sips of jasmine tea-like flavor were revealed. And what looked to be grains of paradise carefully strewn across the top of each piece provided some crunchy almost grain-like texture that balanced the creamy texture and softened some of the jasmine flavor notes.


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