Chocolate of the Day
Tavi Chocolates
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Golden Berry - Dark Chocolate & Golden Berry (bar)
Weight: 1.4 oz. (40 g.) / 2.8 oz. (80 g.) in total bar
Calories: 165 calories in 1/2 bar (per label)
Cost: $11.50 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar & Cocoa, online order
Welcome to Day #7 of Chocolate and Colombia Theme Week.
Today's Tavi Golden Berry - Dark Chocolate & Golden Berry (bar) was manufactured by Vast Company SAS in Bogota, Colombia, and Imported into the U.S. by Tavi Chocolates (Miami, FL).
The company combines premium Colombian chocolate with a variety of flavor inclusions. Today's bar contained golden berries (Physalis peruviana). These South American fruits resemble golden colored cherry tomatoes covered with a beautiful, husk-like, semi-transparent sheath.
Aroma notes for this bar included: sweet dark chocolate; aromatic, ripe golden berry (fruit) and a pleasant array of very faint botanical, fruit syrup/honey notes.
Texture: smooth dark chocolate with crispy/crunchy freeze-dried golden berry pieces (with surprisingly few tiny white seeds).
Flavor notes included: smooth, relatively sweet, dark chocolate with authentic golden berry fruit (aka, Cape Gooseberry, Inca Berry). Warning, this bar can be very addictive.
I loved this flavorful, well executed bar. The use of freeze-dried golden berries was perfect. The fruit maintained its natural, tart-sweet, honeyed and (almost tomato) umami flavor; and the berry pieces were perfectly crisp and light in their freeze-dried state.
The textural blend was well-executed, flavorful and completely conveyed the complexity of these berries. The dark chocolate was smooth tasting and despite being relatively sweet it was also a good match for the fruit.
Ingredients: Bittersweet Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecit(h)in, Vainilla (sic)), Freeze-Dried Cape Gooseberry.
Allergen-related information: "Produced on Equipment That Also Processes Products Containing Milk, Peanuts and Other Tree Nuts."
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