Chocolate of the Day
Belvie Chocolate Maker
Kumquat Dark Milk Chocolate 55% Cacao Trinitario (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.4 oz. (40 g.) / 2.8 oz. (80 g.) in total bar
Calories: 226 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $11.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar & Cocoa, online order
Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and Vietnam Theme Week.
Today's Kumquat Milk Chocolate 55% Cacao Trinitario (bar) was from Belvie Chocolate Maker (Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam).
The Trinitario cacao beans used to make this bar were ("purchased directly from planters on an above fair trade price...") from Dong Nai province, "a highly inland area underlaid by volcanic rock, (that) supports cacao plantations on its low-lying slopes as well as its valley..."
Aroma notes included: chocolate (cocoa) slightly floral matcha latte; light fruit (banana, aromatic citrus); and barely detectable marshmallow.
Texture: relatively smooth, with barely detectable fruit particles (kumquat peel powder). These particles were almost entirely incorporated into the chocolate.
Flavor notes included: smooth-flavored, sweet chocolate with diffuse tropical fruits (gentle, sweet citrus, banana) and very faint matcha latte marshmallow.
I enjoyed tasting this 55% dark milk chocolate--that lacked a heavy milk or cream flavor or texture, allowing the light, aromatic fruit to shine.
Ingredients: "Cacao & Cacao Butter 55%, Cane Sugar 25%, Milk Powder (20%), Kumquat Peel Powder"
Allergen-related information: "Contains Milk."
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