Chocolate Spiel
Mexico 88% bar + Mexico 88% bar with painted colors (cocoa butter)
Mexico 88% bar + Mexico 88% bar with painted colors (cocoa butter)
1.) Good + - Good ++ and 2.) Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28 g.) x 2 = 2 oz. (56.3 g.) for two bars total
Calories: 310 calories (estimate) in 2 bars
Cost: $15.00 for 2 bars
Purchased from: Chocolate Spiel, online order
Weight: 1 oz. (28 g.) x 2 = 2 oz. (56.3 g.) for two bars total
Calories: 310 calories (estimate) in 2 bars
Cost: $15.00 for 2 bars
Purchased from: Chocolate Spiel, online order
Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Mexico Theme Week.
Today's two Mexico 88% dark chocolate (bars) were from Chocolate Spiel (Seattle, WA).
The cacao used to make these bars was from Tabasco, Mexico.
Aroma notes included: dark chocolate and very faint diffuse fruit.
Texture: very smooth chocolate
Flavor notes included: subtle dark chocolate aroma with authentic dark chocolate with balanced bitterness (consistent with an ultra-dark (88% cacao bar in this case) bar.
Today was an opportunity to taste a "painted" (with colored cocoa butter) and an unpainted version of the same high-cacao percentage (88%) single origin bar.
The two-colored cocoa butter created a beautiful design; and more significantly it gave this (colored bar) a slightly mellower (less bitter) flavor.
I liked the choice of a short list of single origin and quality ingredients, and that these bars weren't too sweet.
Ingredients: cocoa, sugar, cocoa butter (and colored cocoa butter for the 2nd bar/version)
Allergen-related information: May contain traces of tree nuts, peanuts and gluten.
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