Chocolate of the Day
Valley Isle Chocolate
Kona Hawaii 70% Dark Chocolate (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .7 oz. (20 g.) / 1.41 oz. (40 g.) in total bar
Calories: 109 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $11.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Chocolate Covered, San Francisco, CA
Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate and Hawaii Theme Week.
Today's Kona Hawaii 70% Dark Chocolate (bar) was from Valley Isle Chocolate (Kahului, HI). The company is a bean-to-bar, small-batch chocolate maker located in Maui.
Aroma and flavor notes for this bar included: dark chocolate (dark ganache, fudge brownie); faint malt; diffuse, ripe (almost fermenting) fruit (sweet red berry); faint and balanced earth (loam); and a strong sense of natural sweetness--that I sometimes taste with certain less processed (organic) sugars; honey; or other sweet fruit and/or green botanical notes.
Texture: Smooth, with a very, very faint light astringency.
The sweetness for this 70% dark chocolate was relatively (naturally) high, but the organic cane sugar did not diminish the pleasingly subtle and balanced complexity.
Maker's tasting notes: "Raspberry, Malt, Winey"
Ingredients: Cacao, Organic Cane Sugar*, Organic Cocoa Butter*
Allergen-related information: "Manufactured in a facility that also processes: Milk, Peanuts, Tree Nuts"
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