Chocolate of the Day
Goodnow Farms Chocolate
Colombia Boyaca 73% Cacao (bar)
Good ++ - Good +++
Weight: .97 oz. (27.5 g.) / 1.94 oz. (55 g.) in total bar
Calories: 165 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $16.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Goodnow Farms Chocolate, online order
Welcome to Day #1 of Chocolate and Colombia Theme Week.
Today's Colombia Boyaca 73% Cacao (bar) from Goodnow Farms Chocolate (Sudbury, MA) was part of this bean-to-bar maker's Signature Line of bars.
Aroma notes included: chocolate, delicate fruit, caramel, spice (green pepper),
The texture was very smooth, almost creamy.
Flavor notes included: chocolate with complex, delicate very faint "cream", light loam and green foliage (barely detectable initial, fleeting cooling menthol); spice; very faint, diffuse tropical/cacao fruit; sweet notes (honeyed caramel, toasted marshmallow + bitter caramel ice cream); and a few other tantalizing notes too faint and fleeting to catch. I kept tasting more of this chocolate hoping to "find" more hidden notes. It was like trying to catch a glimpse of a rare tropical bird through a lush rainforest canopy. Tantalizing; and just out of reach.
I really appreciated the intriguing complexity of this bar. It tasted lighter, sweeter and more subtle than many 73% cacao chocolates. It was also sophisticated and well-crafted from start to finish. The freshly pressed cocoa butter enriched this single origin cacao experience. And even the natural-tasting sweetness was layered and nuanced.
I associate some of the more subtle fruit, cream and caramel notes mentioned above with fine Criollo heritage cacaos. The cacao used to make this bar was from "a new fermentation facility in the town of San Pablo de Borbur" (in Boyaca, Colombia, that) "allows farmers to produce these exceptionally high-quality fine flavor beans."
Maker's Tasting Notes: "Toasted Marshmallow & Honey"
Ingredients: Single Origin Cacao Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Single Origin Cocoa Butter
Allergen-related information: "Soy Free, Vegan, Gluten Free"
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