Amano Artisan Chocolate
Guayas River Basin, Ecuador (bar)
Good ++ - +++
Weight: 1.4 oz. (40 g.) / 3 oz. (85 g.) in total bar
Calories: 202 calories in 1 (40 g.) serving
Cost: $9.25 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar and Cocoa, online order
Welcome to Day #7 of Chocolate and Ecuador Theme Week.
Today's Guayas River Basin, Ecuador (bar) was made by Amano Chocolate Company (Orem, UT).
Aroma notes for this 70% single origin dark bar included: dark chocolate with green (faint green banana), maple, wood, faint black pepper, and dark berry (ripe blackberry and pomegranate).
Smooth melt and texture with a very faint, fleeting, fruit astringency.
Flavor notes included: dark chocolate with sweet green, lightly smoked maple syrup, wood (cedar) shavings, and fruit (green dried banana, dark ripe berry).
I loved the balanced complexity of the aromas and flavors in this 70% dark chocolate. It was a masterful rendition, capturing the best of this unique Guayas, Ecuador (Nacional variety) cacao.
Amano Maker's Tasting Notes: "This chocolate has a rich chocolate flavor with notes of green bananas, smoke, and blackberries."
Ingredients: "Cocoa Beans, Pure Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Vanilla Beans"
Allergen-related information: "May Contain Traces of Peanuts, Tree Nuts and Milk Products"
