Chocolate of the Day
Cacao Space
Peru Ucayali River 70% (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.13 oz. (32 g.) / 2.26 oz. (64 g.) in total bar
Calories: 175 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $24.00 for a Peru trio of 3 different bars
Purchased from: Cacao Space, online order
Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and Peru Theme Week.
Today's Peru Ucayali River 70% (bar) was made by Cacao Space (Los Altos, CA). This chocolate was part of a trio of Peruvian (Ucayali) cacao-based dark chocolate bars.
Aroma notes for this chocolate included: dark chocolate with very faint fruit, spice and brown sugar, and very faint (barely detectable) roasted, sweet coffee and butter.
Flavor notes included: relatively complex dark chocolate (very dark brownie), subtle tart-sweet fruit (sweet lemon, stone fruits (plum)), very faint botanicals, spices/herbs (black licorice, lemongrass, green grass, saffron) and mellow roasted flavors.
This chocolate was "handcrafted (and) stoneground", but smooth.
I really enjoyed the gentle complexity, including a range of fruit and botanical notes in this Peru bar.
As with many single origin cacao bars, I highly recommend savoring (slowly) more than just one bite (1/2 bar is good in today's case) to detect and appreciate hidden nuances of flavor -- that are not present in highly processed bulk chocolates. Different, faint flavor notes continued to surface even after the first few bites.
Ingredients: "cacao nibs, organic coconut sugar"
Allergen-related information: (No allergen information was listed on packaging.)
*Ucayali River (and the Department of Ucayali) are located inland, in Peru's Amazon. The department shares a border with Brazil.
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