Saturday, May 5, 2018

Ritual Chocolate - 100% Cacao bar + Mexico Soconusco 75% bar - May 5, 2018

Chocolate(s) of the Day: 

Ritual Chocolate 

One Hundred Percent Pure Cacao 100% Cacao (bar)
Good++
Weight: 1.06 oz. (30 g.) / 2.12 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 161 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $13.00 in 1 bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Garage, Palo Alto, CA

Mexican Soconusco 75% (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.06 oz. (30 g.) / 2.12 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 161 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $14.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Garage, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #4 of 100% Cacao Theme Week. And, Happy Cinco de Mayo.*

Today we've featured two, attractively packaged, dark bars from Ritual Chocolate (Park City, UT): one 100% cacao blend ultra dark bar and a second single origin, Mexico, Soconusco 75% cacao dark bar. 

One Hundred Percent 100% bar
Ritual Chocolate's100% bar was made with a blend of cacaos from "around the world."
Tasting notes: fruity, earthy, cacao.

The aroma: chocolate (baked brownie) with fleeting, faint green note. This bar had a smooth melt and flavor with a sour fruit spike about 2/3 in, and a smoother aftertaste than most 100%ers.

Mexico 75% bar
Since it is El Cinco de Mayo,* this Mexico Soconusco 75% Cacao bar from Ritual Chocolate is also featured today.

This second bar was made with cacao from the Rayen Cooperative, located in the Soconusco region of the state of Chiapas, that shares a border with Guatemala. This region has a long cacao history, likely beginning with the Olmec and Mokaya peoples. Later the Aztecs cultivated and consumed cacao in this area.

The aroma of this bar had hints of spice and drinking chocolate. The unique flavor had savory spice (light cumin, saffron) and nutty notes. The maker's tasting notes: nutty, woody, chocolate flavor with a bit of citrus. All these flavors came from just three ingredients: cacao, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter.

*Cinco de Mayo, or the 5th of May, celebrates a victory of the Mexican people/army over Napoleon's army in the mid 1800s. Celebrations around this date have grown over time to encompass a broader celebration of Mexican food and drink in the U.S.
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