Godvavari Chocolate Inc. - Bon-fiction "Out in the Dark" 73% dark chocolate (bar) - Apr. 11, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Godavari Chocolate Inc.
Bon-fiction "Out in the Dark" 73% dark chocolate (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: .97 oz. (27.5 g.) / 1.94 oz. (55 g.) in total bar
Calories: 155 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $8.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Sigona's Market, Palo Alto, CA  

Welcome to Day #2 of Chocolate and India Week.

Today's Bon-fiction "Out in the Dark" 73% dark chocolate (bar) was made from tree-to-bar in India, and imported and distributed by Godavari Chocolate Inc. (Folsom, CA).

The cacao used to make this bar was "hand-picked from farms in the Godavari region of Southern India."

Aroma and flavor notes for this single origin, tree-to-bar chocolate included: rich dark chocolate with faint tropical fruit (mango, cacao fruit); honey; and a balanced, very faint, fruit (grape) muskiness and maltiness. The levels of tannins/acids and bitterness were all relatively low in this bar.

The texture was smooth and relatively buttery/creamy with a very, very mild fruit (grape or mango level) astringency. 

I liked the balanced, subtle sweet fruit flavor notes and the short list of quality ingredients.

Ingredients: "Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter."

Allergen-related information: "Manufactured in a facility that also processes: Milk, Peanuts, Almond, Cashew, Walnut, Coconut, Hazelnut, Pistachio." 

Fossa Chocolate - Teh Tarik 51% (bar) - Apr. 10, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Fossa Chocolate
51% Teh Tarik (bar)
Good ++ - Good +++
Weight: 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 284.5 calories in 1 bar (569 kcals for 100 g.)
Cost: $12.99 for 1 bar

Purchased from: Caputo's, online order

Welcome to Day #7 of Chocolate and Tea Theme Week, and Day #1 of Chocolate & India Theme Week.

Today's 51% Cacao Teh Tarik tea-infused milk chocolate was made by Fossa Chocolate Pte Ltd (Singapore). The company offers a variety of high-quality tea chocolate bars that draw from some of the best single origin tea and cacao traditions.

Teh Tarik ("hand pulled" or "pulled tea" in English) is a popular Malaysian style tea created by pouring hot black tea and condensed milk back and forth, until the two are fully integrated. 

To create a dark milk chocolate version of this beverage, the makers sourced fine cacao (from Hacienda Limon, Ecuador) and Pine Smoked Darjeeling Tea (from Gopaldhara estate in India).

Aroma and flavor notes for this bar included: complex sweet black tea, condensed milk/Thai iced tea, faint floral, brown sugar, spices and sweet pine resin; and balanced, flavorful milk chocolate.

Texture: creamy and smooth

I loved the Darjeeling tea notes in this rich, luxe milk tea bar. I wondered if the tea notes were somewhat subdued by the milk and sugar.

I reminded myself that the milk and sugar may also have masked some astringency, bitterness or tannins. But that too was unlikely, given that these "bolder" aspects were all but missing in this chocolate,

I also appreciated the short list of high-quality (and single origin) ingredients. 

Ingredients: Cacao butter, cane sugar, cacao, milk powder, tea leaves

Allergen-related information: Contains Milk. Produced in a facility that processes nuts & dairy.