Chocolate(s) of the Day
Tableta Temp. Fine de Leche
Chocolate Momotombo
Good ++
Weight: 1.41 oz. (40) / 2.82 oz. (80 g.) in total bar
Calories: 212 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 (estimate) for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Garage, Palo Alto, CA
Tableta Chocolate Oscuro
Chocolate Momotombo
Good +++
Weight: 1.41 oz. (40 g.) / 2.82 oz. (80 g.) in total bar
Calories: 212 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 (estimate) for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Garage, Palo Alto, CA
Bienvenido a (welcome to) Day #7 of Chocolate and Nicaragua Theme Week.
Today's two chocolate bars were made by Carlos Mann and team at Chocolate Momotombo (Managua, Nicaragua). Mann has worked with local growers in obtaining the best quality cacao and has immersed himself in local cacao traditions.
I had the privilege to meet Carlos many years ago at a Chocolate Salon in San Francisco, and again in Nicaragua, where he was making great chocolates, and working to bring back chocolate making in this country with a long history of cacao cultivation and ceremonial cacao.
The Momotombo Dark Milk chocolate with cacao nibs had wonderful rich, deep chocolate flavor, with subtle earth, caramel and molasses notes. Smooth chocolate was accented by a generous helping of crunchy cacao nibs, helping to preserve the freshly roasted cacao flavors.
The Momotombo Dark Chocolate 70% bar had a rich, deep chocolate flavor with a slight earthiness, roasted coffee and molasses notes.
Both chocolate bars are well worth sampling and represent Nicaragua very well, if you can find them in the U.S. (The Chocolate Garage in Palo Alto, CA, now closed unfortunately, used to carry Momotombo chocolates.)
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