Chocolate of the Day
Qantu
Palo Santo 70% Smoked Dark Chocolate (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) / 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 143 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $17.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Caputo's, online order
Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Peru Theme Week.
Today's Palo Santo 70% Smoked Dark Chocolate (bar) was from Qantu* Cacao et Chocolat Inc. (Montreal, QC, Canada).
Aroma notes included: chocolate, very faint coconut milk, very faint mint/menthol (and even fainter dried citrus peel), smoked wood, and butter.**
This lighter brown-hued bar had a rich buttery texture, melt and mouthfeel.
Flavor notes included: buttery dark chocolate with very faint but complex smoke, wood, coconut butter and green botanicals and spices.
I enjoyed this rich, buttery dark chocolate infused with subtle, Palo Santo wood smoke. Palo Santo wood has a complex aroma and flavor, and the smoked version did as well. There were wisps of the aroma and flavor notes (mentioned above) that undulated through the tasting, and floated into the finish.
Maker's tasting notes:
- Eye: medium pale brown
- Nose: floral, touch of bergamot
- Mouth: palo santo smoke, orange peel
- Finish: spicy like nutmeg
Ingredients: Cocoa beans, cane sugar, cocoa butter, palo santo smoke
Allergen-related information: May contain traces of milk and nuts
*Founders Elfi and Maxime named their chocolate company Qantu (pronounced Kantu) -- the national flower of Peru and Bolivia. Their focus: rare, wild cacao from Peru.
**There were no butter/dairy ingredients in this bar; but I was reminded of unsalted butter in the aroma, flavor and rich, smooth texture.
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