Chocolate of the Day
Levelez
Chocolate Oscuro y Mango 58% (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 1.06 oz. (30 g.) / 2.12 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 170 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $20.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Chocolate Dispensary, online order
Welcome to Day #10 of Chocolate and Mexico Theme Week.
Today's Levelez Chocolate Oscuro y Mango 58% (bar) was produced by Silvia Guedez Chocolatier (Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico).
This chocolate was adorned with plant symbols and printed on the packaging was a poetic story of the growth of seeds and their potential to flower, to transcend and ultimately to leave a gentle light or legacy.*
Aroma and flavor notes included: chocolate (smooth, dark, sweet) and diffuse tropical fruits (mango, faint floral passionfruit; mango candy/chewing gum with very faint spice (cardamom).
Texture: relatively smooth
The sweetness level was high for me; but those with a sweet tooth may enjoy exploring this fruity bar from Mexico that highlighted Mexican-grown mango flavor from Oaxaca.
Ingredients: Premium cacao, organic sugar, cocoa butter and mango powder.
Allergen-related information: Manufactured in a facility that also processes nuts and dairy.
*The phrase "Sera frondoso, Sera Levelez" appears--roughly translated: "It will be leafy/lush; it will be light."
"Levelez" in Hungarian translated into English roughly means: "she writes" or corresponds--which might apply also. This chocolatier is making connections between the growth and potential of plants and seeds (and as well as chocolate, and possibly humans). And she is creating and sharing chocolate with us, which is a product of seeds grown with light--and then that have been transformed into chocolate.
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