Chocolate of the Day
Cacao Space
Uganda Kisinga 75% Dark Chocolate (bar)
Weight: 1.18 oz. (33.5 g.) / 2.36 oz. (67 g.) in total bar
Calories: 182 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Cacao Space, online order
Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and Uganda Theme Week.
Today's Uganda Kisinga 75% dark chocolate bar was from Cacao Space (Los Altos, CA).
I ordered several bars from this small-batch chocolate maker's online site, and picked them up locally (inside a restaurant).
Aroma and flavor notes for this single origin 75% dark chocolate included: dark chocolate with, faint brown sugar and molasses, and faint fruit (berry, very faint banana) and warm spice.
This balanced chocolate landed in the Goldilocks zone for me. It had a nuanced, bold, bittersweet taste--that was not too bitter, and not too sweet (thank you). And it was hearty, yet smooth, and deeply chocolate-y. The coconut sugar added a little rich, caramelized flavor depth (similar to the way brown sugar does in some desserts).
Ingredients: "cacao nibs, organic coconut sugar"
Allergen-related information: (None listed on package)
*Goldilocks zone is a reference to a European folk tale. In the U.S. retelling of this story a girl named Goldilocks enters a bear family home (when the bears are out), and finds a bowl of porridge (not too hot, not too cold), a chair and a bed (not too soft, not too hard) that are...just right. Astronomers sometimes refer to planets that can support life as being in the Goldilocks zone (not too hot, not too cold, etc.).
