Chocolate of the Day
The Organic House
Chai Latte - Mylk chocolate infused with chai tea 55% Cacao (Belize) (bar)
Good ++
Calories: 142 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Organic House, online order
Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate & Tea Week. This is the third tea-themed chocolate week this year, and I'm finding a lot of blends and pairings I like in 2025.
Today's Chai Latte - Mylk chocolate infused with chai tea 55% Cacao Belize - Maya Mountain (bar) was from The Organic House (Burlington, ON, Canada).
The cacao used to make this chocolate was from Maya Mountain (I'm assuming this means Maya Mountain Cacao*), in southern Belize.
Aroma and flavor notes for this bar included: chocolate, brown/less refined sugar, and an aromatic blend of warm, chai spices (cinnamon, ginger, cloves, very faint anise, other). The single origin cacao added very faint, diffuse and smooth fruit and authentic cacao complexity.
Texture: uniformly smooth and relatively creamy throughout. (The tea and spice bits were fully incorporated; no detectable particle grit--made this chocolate more latte-like.)
Every chai tea tastes a little different depending on the tea and spice blend(s). Here the rooibos tea added a very light herbal tea flavor. And the warm spices tasted authentic, albeit a bit more like pumpkin spice than chai spice. (The cardamom and pepper were further down on the ingredient list.)
This was a rich and sweet, friendly and authentic bar that will please those who enjoy a warm, flavorful spiced chocolate with less caffeine. The use of coconut flower nectar made the sweetness richer and less buzzy than more refined white cane sugar.
Maker's Tasting Notes: "Buttery notes of chocolate, chai tea, honey, raisins, and pineapple."
Ingredients: Organic coconut flower nectar, Organic cacao beans, Organic cacao butter, Organic cashews, Organic* rooibos chai tea (rooibos leaves*, cinnamon bark*, ginger root*, star anise fruit*, cloves*, cardamom seeds*, black pepper*, natural flavor*).
Allergen-related information: Contains Cashews. May contain: Almonds, Hazelnuts, Oats, Pistachios."
*Maya Mountain Cacao works with many local farmers in the forests of southern Belize and provides a centralized post-harvest cacao fermenting and processing facility.
