Chocolate of the Day
A. Morin
Costa Rica - Quetzal Noir 70% cacao (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.76 oz. (50 g.) / 3.52 oz. (100 g.) in total bar
Calories: 294 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $11.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar & Cocoa, online order
Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Central America Theme Week.
Today's Costa Rica - Quetzel Noir 70% cacao (bar) was made by A. Morin Chocolatiers (Donzere, France) using cacao grown in O'Payo Nicaragua cacao. The company has been in the family since 1884.
Aroma and flavor notes included: relatively aromatic and bold (but well-balanced) dark chocolate with complex notes: (from roasted woody earth (peat) to toast and coffee, to diffuse, almost honeyed fruit (concord grape)).
It tasted much better than the initial sniff/aroma seemed to indicate; or put another way, it finished unexpectedly delightfully. It reminded me of certain red wines that way.
I found this chocolate oddly addictive, and had to stop myself from eating too much. This says something about the cacao beans as well as the chocolate maker.
Ingredients: Cocoa beans from Costa Rica, cane sugar, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin. Cocoa 70% minimim.
Allergen-related information: May contain traces of milk, nuts and sesame
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