Fossa Chocolate - Mu Zha Tie Guan Yin Tea 62% dark (bar) - Sept. 20, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Fossa Chocolate
Mu Zha Tie Guan Yin Tea 62% dark (bar)
Good +++
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) / 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 138.5 calories in 1/2 bar 
Cost: $13.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Caputo's, online order

Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate and Tea Theme Week.

Today's Mu Zha Tie Guan Yin Tea 62% dark (bar) was from Fossa Chocolate Pte Ltd. (Singapore).

The cacao used to craft this Tea Chocolate collaboration bar was from Costa Esmeraldas (Emerald Coast), a family-owned cacao farm (estate) in northern, coastal Ecuador. The tea was from Pekoe & Imp (Singapore). (Note: I enjoyed a previous version of this bar made with Piura, Peru cacao in Dec. 2024.)

Oolong teas are meticulously processed and they fall between green and black teas. (All these teas are from the same Camellia sinensis plant species, but they're processed differently). Oolong teas are more oxidized than green teas but not fully oxidized like black teas. They have a clean, floral flavor--especially Ti Guan Yin oolong teas from southern China.

Aroma notes for this chocolate included: chocolate, faint toffee/gentle molasses, and clean (clean mineral), crisp (clear, almost sweet green) and floral oolong tea.

Texture: smooth and creamy with faint (tea, persimmon-like) astringency

Flavor notes included: smooth, friendly fudge-y, nuanced dark chocolate with subtle toffee/caramel; very diffuse fruit; faint floral and nut; and high-quality, floral oolong tea that lingered into a long and satisfying finish.

I loved this chocolate and tea blend -- so full of layered, balanced, gently complexity. Skillfully captured and nurtured single origin flavors that spanned two continents. The best of both worlds in one bar--enjoyed very much today, on a third continent. 

Maker's Tasting Notes: "Aroma of sweet toasty caramel and floral notes with a warming finish."

Ingredients: "Cacao, cane sugar, cacao butter, tea leaves"

Allergen-related information: "Produced in a facility that processes nuts & dairy" 

Fu-Wan Chocolate - Taiwan Red Oolong Tea 62% dark (bar) - Sept. 19, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Fu-Wan Chocolate
Taiwan Red Oolong Tea 62% dark (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .62 oz. (17.5 g.) / 1.236 oz. (35 g.) in total bar
Calories: 104 calories in 1/2 bar (207.9 cals. for 1 whole bar)
Cost: $18.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Caputo's, online order

Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Tea Theme Week.

Today's Taiwan Red Oolong Tea 62% dark (bar) was from Fu-Wan Chocolate (Ping-Tung County, Taiwan).

Red tea is generally a black tea known for its "juicy, fruity and honey notes," whereas red oolong tea offers a blend of these sweet and fruity notes + classical oolong tea flavors...Exactly what I tasted in today's Taiwan Red Oolong Tea chocolate.

Aroma and flavor notes for this tree-to-bar chocolate included: dark chocolate with brown sugar toffee, fruit (candied pineapple, date, persimmon), diffuse warm spices (cinnamon, ginger); and oolong tea (with slightly floral, clean mineral notes).

Texture: smooth and creamy with a slight (fruit, tea) astringency (slightly granular dryness).

I enjoyed the unexpectedly flavorful fruit, floral and toffee notes. All these aromas and flavors were coaxed from just four ingredients. 

Maker's Tasting Notes: Rose, Cardamom, Pistachio, Toffee

Ingredients: Ping Tung Cacao Liquor, Sugar, Cacao Butter, Taiwan Red Oolong Tea Powder

Allergen-related information: "May contain traces of nuts and milk."