Chocolate of the Day
Standout Craft Chocolate
Swedish Favourites - Gesha Coffee Organic 70% Dark (bar)
Good ++ - Good+++
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) / 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 155.75 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $10.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Caputo's, online order
Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate & Coffee Week.
Today's "Swedish Favourites - Gesha Coffee Organic 70% Dark Chocolate from Sweden" (bar) was from Standout Craft Chocolate (Goteborg, Sweden).
The cacao used to make this bar was from Oko Caribe, in the Dominican Republic. And the coffee was a "washed" Gesha* from Hugo Marino in the Cusco region in Peru.
Aroma notes included: subtle chocolate and coffee notes; and very faint caramel and diffuse fruit.
Texture: smooth, relatively creamy texture and melt.
Flavor notes included: balanced, smooth dark chocolate and faint, diffuse and pleasing coffee. This bar had a lingering, friendly finish.
The aroma notes were relatively subtle (less aromatic than many coffee dark chocolate bars, but the overall taste was wonderful. Hats off to the maker for pairing this DR cacao with this Peruvian Gesha coffee.
I enjoyed this balanced, harmonious blend of single origin flavors; the opportunity to enjoy washed Gesha (aka Geisha) coffee, a rare high-altitude varietal known for its more delicate flavors; and the short list of four, high-quality organic ingredients.
The aroma notes were relatively subtle (less aromatic than many coffee dark chocolate bars, but the overall taste was wonderful. Hats off to the maker for pairing this DR cacao with this Peruvian Gesha coffee.
Maker's Taste Notes: "Light Roasted Coffee, Floral, Fruity"
Ingredients: Cacao beans*, Sugar*, Cacao butter*, Coffee beans* (*Organic)
Allergen-related information: "May contain traces of Milk."
*Gesha coffee is a rare, high-altitude varietal that is known for it's smooth, gently complex flavors. (For chocolate lovers, think of this coffee bean as being like a prized Criollo cacao varietal.)
"Washed" Gesha coffee likely refers to a process where the coffee berry fruit/pulp is washed (removed) from the coffee beans relatively soon after harvesting.
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