Chocolate of the Day
Mashpi Chocolate
Chocolate Bar with Cacao Nibs 70% Cacao
Good +++ - Very Good
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) / 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 150 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Choiba Agroforestry Products, online order
Welcome to Day #7 of Chocolate and Ecuador Theme Week.
Today's Chocolate Bar with Cacao Nibs 70% Cacao (bar) was made by Mashpi Chocolate (Quito, Ecuador); and imported and distributed by Andean Ecocrafts, LLC (Reno, NV).
The cacao variety used to make this bar was "Cacao Nacional Fino de Aroma."
Aroma and flavor notes for this 70% cacao chocolate included: rich, dark, smooth (chocolate-y) chocolate and complex and balanced cacao nibs with sweet, clean and green botanical (faint fruit and floral); slight earth, wood and nut; and subtle brown sugar notes.
Texture: smooth dark chocolate with a festive field of light, crunchy cacao nibs (pieces of toasted cacao beans). Clean finish.
I liked everything about this bar. I loved this blend of pleasing and balanced dark chocolate: from the aroma to the gently roasted cacao nibs that were unusually light and almost crispy and had well-rounded, mellow, wood/nut notes.
Relatively low in bitterness and acidity, but not in flavor, this dark chocolate was full of gentle complexity. I kept leaning in to re-taste the chocolate and nibs until, sadly, it was completely gone.
I appreciated: the short list of authentic and quality ingredients; as well as the company's commitment to sourcing cacao from farmers who practice regenerative agriculture.
Ingredients: "Cacao mass, raw sugar cane, cacao butter, cacao nibs"
Allergen-related information: (None listed on the package that I could see.)
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