Cacao Sampaka - Bergamot Orange Milk Chocolate (bars) - Oct. 14, 2024

Chocolate of the Day

Cacao Sampaka
Bergamot Orange Milk Chocolate 50% (bars)
Good ++
Weight: 1.76 oz. (50 g.) / 3.53 oz. (100 g.) in total package
Calories: 290 calories in 1 bar (1/2 package)
Cost: $Missing information for 1 package of 2 bars
Purchased from: Chocolate Covered, San Francisco, CA

Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and Orange Theme Week.

Today's Bergamot Orange 50% Milk Chocolate (bar) was from Cacao Sampaka (Barcelona, Spain). The company has been influenced by the art, architecture, culture and foods of Barcelona -- from the ceramic tiles of Gaudi to the flavorings in their chocolates.*

Aroma notes included: dark milk chocolate and fragrant citrus (orange) with faint vanilla, and very faint and pleasant spiced fruitcake--the kind you'd enjoy with a cup of tea.

Texture: creamy and smooth.

Instead of one thick bar, I appreciated this package included two, slimmer bars, back-to-back. (It can be easier to wrap your mouth around the textures and tastes associated with different chocolates when they are thinner.) 

Flavor notes included: satisfying dark milk chocolate with orange, vanilla and bergamot orange. (Bergamot is used to flavor Earl Grey tea.)

Normally, 50% milk chocolate is too sweet for me; but it may have been a more substantial cacao; and the added flavors helped balance out the sweetness. (Warning, this chocolate was slightly addicting.)

Ingredients: "Cocoa butter, sugar, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, natural bergamot flavor (0.2%), emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavor."

Allergen-related information: Contained milk, soy. "Our products may contain traces of nuts, peanuts, lactose, milk and sesame."

*Spain is the top producer of oranges in Europe, and bergamot flavored items can be found throughout Europe. Calabria, Italy, is often considered the "home" of bergamot oranges,