Wednesday, August 7, 2019

The Chocolate Cartel - 73% Dark Chocolate (small bar) - Aug. 7, 2019

Chocolate of the Day: 

The Chocolate Cartel
73% Dark Chocolate (small bar)
Good - Good +
Weight: .8 oz. (22.64 g.) in total bar
Calories: 120 calories (estimate) in 1 bar
Cost: $3.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Shop in Airport (ABQ), Albuquerque, NM

Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate and New Mexico Theme Week.

Today's 73% Dark Chocolate small bar was from The Chocolate Cartel, handmade in Albuquerque, NM.

This bar* had a nice sheen/shine, and a dark chocolate aroma with faint roasted coffee/acidic notes. The flavor was bold and dark with earth and nut notes. (It was not as acidic as expected based on aroma, which was fine.)

The melt was even and texture was relatively smooth. And the chocolate had a lingering finish with chocolate, roasted, and nut notes, and a very slight astringency one could feel in the throat.

*Ingredients: "Cocoa liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla, lecithin" (contains soy)

Art of Chocolate Cacao Santa Fe - Red Clay Sea Salt Roasted Cacao Nibs 60% Dark Milk Chocolate bar - Aug. 6, 2019

Chocolate of the Day:

Art of Chocolate Cacao Santa Fe
Chaco Cacao - Red Clay Sea Salt and Roasted Cacao Nibs 60% Dark Milk Chocolate bar
Good - Good +
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 2 oz. (56 g.) in total bar
Calories: 150 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $12.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Airport shop at Albuquerque (ABQ) airport

Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and New Mexico Theme Week.

Today's Chaco Cacao - Red Clay Sea Salt and Roasted Cacao Nibs 60% Dark Milk Chocolate bar was from Art of Chocolate Cacao Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM).

This relatively sweet chocolate bar included a generous helping of crunchy, roasted cacao nibs on the back of the bar (that caused the chocolate to seem slightly darker than 60% cacao) while still maintaining a sweet side. Red clay salt added a light current of salt seasoning throughout the bar.

The title of the bar "Chaco Cacao" refers in part to Chaco/Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. The Chaco area (where Anasazi and Navajo peoples have lived) was also a gathering place. And it's an area rich in history. And, significantly for chocolate, traces of cacao from the distant past were found here as well, indicating that cacao beans (grown further south, e.g. in Mexico or Belize) may have been transported as far north into what now is the Southwestern U.S. centuries ago.




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