Sunday, October 25, 2020

Christopher Elbow Chocolates - Dominican Republic 72% Dark (bar) - Oct. 25, 2020

Chocolate of the Day

Christopher Elbow Chocolates
Dominican Republic 72% Dark (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.15 oz. (32.5 g.) / 2.3 oz. (65 g.) in total bar
Calories: 160 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.95 (plus shipping) for 1 bar
Purchased from: Christopher Elbow website, online order

Welcome to Day #7 of Chocolate, Dominican Republic and Haiti Theme Weeks.

Today's Dominican Republic 72% Dark (bar) was from Christopher Elbow Chocolates (Kansas City, MO). 

This chocolate had an aroma with dried fruit (goji berries, sweet persimmon, raspberry) notes.

The flavor had some of the same fruit notes mentioned above, plus true dark chocolate (rich, dark chocolate cake with honey), a fleeting hint of cream (there was no dairy in this chocolate) and a whisper of very light green.

The chocolate had a relatively mild acidity, a nicely balanced bittersweet taste, and a light finish.

The cacao beans used to make this bar came from Oko Caribe (a cacao processor and fermentery that works directly with local farmers to maximize quality and flavor in the first steps (fermenting, drying) of the chocolate-making process.

The chocolate maker's tasting notes included the following: "...notes of tropical fruit, honey and spice."

Ingredients: Organic cacao, organic cane sugar, cocoa butter.

Cru Chocolate - Dominican Republic (El Cibao) 72% Dark Chocolate (bar) - Oct. 24, 2020

Chocolate of the Day

Cru Chocolate
Dominican Republic, El Cibao, 72% Dark Chocolate (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.55 oz. (43 g.) in 1 bar
Calories: 233 (estimate) calories in 1 bar
Cost: $7.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Farm Fresh to You (CSA box), add-on item

Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate, Dominican Republic and Haiti Theme Week.

Today's Dominican Republic, El Cibao, 72% Dark Chocolate (bar) was handcrafted by Cru Chocolate (Roseville, CA).

This 72% cacao chocolate had a creamy melt, and a pleasing dark chocolate with subtle nuts with malt, light fleeting warm spice and herb (caraway), balanced, concentrated fruit notes--and a light, well-balanced bitterness toward the end.

The cacao beans, grown in the El Cibao region in northern Dominican Republic, were fermented by Oko Caribe (a fermentery and cacao processing firm that works with farmers in the Dominican Republic).

Ingredients: Cacao beans, organic unrefined cane sugar
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