Chocolate of the Day
Moka Origins
Mexican Spice Milk Chocolate 58% Cacao (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.2 oz. (34 g.) / 2.4 oz. (68 g.) in total bar
Calories: 210 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Sigona's, Palo Alto, CA
Welcome to Day #7 of Chocolate and Mexico Theme Week.
Today's Mexican Spice Milk Chocolate 58% Cacao (bar) was from Moka Origins (Honesdale, PA).
This dark milk chocolate contained the Hispanic chocolate spice trinity of chili, vanilla and cinnamon. The first two of these spices are native to the Americas.
The third, cinnamon, arrived in Mexico from Spain (via European traders, spice merchants). However, cinnamon has become so well integrated into modern life in Mexico, that it's hard to remember when it wasn't part of the cuisine.**
The cacao used to make this bar was grown in Ghana, making this Mexican Spice Milk Chocolate bar an international ensemble.
Aroma notes included: roasted, smooth, sweet dark chocolate, warm spices and vanilla.
Texture: uniformly smooth with a thick, creamy melt and mouthfeel.
Flavor notes included: dark chocolate with vanilla, chili (with small upticks in chili pepper (cayenne pepper) heat) and warm spicy cinnamon. This winter warmer was a drinking chocolate in bar form.
Ingredients: *organic cocoa beans, *organic cocoa butter, organic cane sugar, organic milk powder, organic cayenne pepper, organic vanilla bean, organic cinnamon
*Fair Trade Certified by Fair Trade USA/Over 58% Fair Trade Certified Ingredients
Allergen-related information: "Contains: milk." ..."Made in a facility that handles milk, eggs, wheat, soy, almonds, and other tree nuts."
** While Mexico does grow some of their own cinnamon (much of it in the State of Veracruz), both the United States and Mexico have been large importers of cinnamon for some time.
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