Chocolate of the Day
Fossa Chocolate
Osmanthus & Golden Berries 56% Dark Milk (bar)
Good +++
Weight: 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 251.5 calories in 1 bar
Cost: $14.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Village Market, Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and Tea Theme Week.
Today's 56% Dark Milk Osmanthus & Golden Berries (bar) was from Fossa Chocolate Pte Ltd (Singapore).
The cacao used to make this bar was from "Paquibato Village in Davao City" in the Philippines.
Tiny white Osmanthus flowers also contributed flavor to this dark milk chocolate. These fragrant blooms are used to flavor oolong, green, black and herbal teas, and tea blends. The tiny blossoms have a lovely, sweet, apricot-like scent.*
Aroma and flavor notes included: dark chocolate (bold but balanced), tart sweet fruit (golden berries, sweet, sun-dried tomato, golden raisin, dried apricot), faint floral, and very faint (barely detectable) earth.
Texture: smooth, creamy dark chocolate and chewy pieces of dried golden berries.
As with every Fossa Chocolate bar I've tasted to date, the flavors in this chocolate were very well-balanced, well-integrated and executed, and authentic. Their choices of single origin cacao(s) and teas--as well as fruits, spirits and unique botanicals). Single origin and high-quality ingredients really do matter.
Maker's Tasting Notes: "Delicate floral aroma with morsels of fruity berries"
Ingredients: "Cacao, cane sugar, cacao butter, dehydrated golden berries, milk powder, osmanthus flower"
Allergen-related information: Contains Milk. "Produced in a facility that processes nuts & dairy."
*Osmanthus is a genus of about 30 species in the Oleaceae family. Osmanthus is sometimes referred to as "tea olive" or "fragrant tree olive" as it is in the olive family.
The Osmanthus used in this bar came from Southern China. (It also grows near where I live in California. Its perfume emanates from a tall green hedge with tiny clusters of ivory-colored flowers. The scent is strong and alluring on some days, and dormant on other days.)
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