Chocolate of the Day
Cuna de Piedra
73% Mexican Cacao from Comalcalco, Tabasco with Ancient Spring Salt (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.05 oz. (30 g.) / 2.1 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 100 calories in 1/2 bar (per label)
Cost: $10.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Caputo's, online order
73% Mexican Cacao from Comalcalco, Tabasco with Ancient Spring Salt (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.05 oz. (30 g.) / 2.1 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 100 calories in 1/2 bar (per label)
Cost: $10.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Caputo's, online order
Welcome to Day #15 of Chocolate & Mexico Theme Week; and Day #1 of Chocolate & Salt Theme Week.
Today's 73% Mexican Cacao from Comalcalco, Tabasco with Ancient Spring Salt (bar) was from Cuna de Piedra* (Monterrey, NL, Mexico).
The company pays "homage to Mexican Cacao." The cacao used to make this bar was from Comalcalco, Tabasco in southeastern Mexico. (Cacao harvest information: Dry Season Harvest 2023.)
Aroma notes for this chocolate included: attractive dark chocolate; subtle fruit (pear and barely detectable banana); and very faint sweet green herb.
Flavor notes included: smooth, appealing, rich dark chocolate (not too acidic natural cocoa, drinking chocolate) naturally sweet dark chocolate; gentle fruit; faint, sweet (almost floral) herb; and very faint nut.
I enjoyed the short-list of thoughtfully-sourced and high-quality ingredients; the subtle perfection in the use of salt (not too much, not too little); and the origin stories behind the cacao and the ancient spring salt.
The company sourced the salt from Zapotitlan Salinas (Puebla, Mexico). This salt has been harvested from mines in the same area for more than two thousand years.
Ingredients: Cacao beans, Cane sugar, Mineral spring salt.
Allergen-related information: "Manufactured in a facility that processes wheat, milk, soy, peanuts, tree nuts and eggs."
*The company name Cuna de Piedra translates to "cradle of stone."
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