Chocolate of the Day
Tavi Chocolates
Rich Dark - 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate single origin Colombia (bar)
Weight: 1 oz. (27 g.) oz. / 2.8 oz. (80 g.) in total bar
Calories: 150 calories in 1 oz. of (1/3 of) bar
Cost: $11.50 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar & Cocoa, online order
Lemon Pop - White Chocolate, Lemon & Popping Candy (bar)
Weight: 1 oz. (27 g.) / 2.8 oz. (80 g.) in total bar
Calories: 140 calories in 1/3 bar
Cost: $11.50 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar & Cocoa, online order
Welcome to Day #11 of Chocolate & Citrus Theme Week, and Day #4 of Chocolate and Colombia Theme Week.
Today's Tavi Rich Dark 72% Cacao and the Tavi Lemon Pop White Chocolate bars were manufactured by Vast Company SAS in Bogota, Colombia, and Imported into the U.S. by Tavi Chocolates Essoel, LLC (Miami, FL).
Rich Dark 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate (bar)
Aroma and flavor notes included: dark chocolate (fudge, floral (vanilla), and faint, diffuse fruit (light, complex cherry, ultra-dark, black forest cake chocolate cake)).
Texture: smooth, with a uniform melt
I enjoyed the smooth, balanced, chocolate-y flavors. Not too dark or bitter, not ultra-sweet. (Relatively smooth for 72% cacao dark chocolate.) This will be in the "just right" zone, except for most dark chocolate lovers.
Ingredients: Bittersweet Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecit(h)in, Vainilla sic)).
Allergen-related information: Contains Soy. "Produced on Equipment That Also Processes Products Containing Milk, Peanuts and Other Tree Nuts."
Lemon Pop White Chocolate, Lemon & Popping Candy (bar)
Aroma notes for this white chocolate bar included: very faint citrus (sweet, lemon candy) and sweet white chocolate.
Texture: smooth and relatively creamy with sparkles of lemon and popping candy.
Flavor: sweet, white chocolate flavored with sweet, lightly sparkling, lemony candy.
The pop rocks added a touch of fizz, flavor excitement and fun. Otherwise, this chocolate was pure "white" and lacked trace cacao bean (cacao solids) flavors* -- usually the case with white chocolate.
Ingredients: White Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milk Powder, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Vanilla Extract), Pop Rocks (Sugar. Glucose Syrup), Natural Lemon Flavor (50% Lemon Powder, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid)
Allergen-related information: Contains Milk, Soy. "Produced on Equipment That Also Processes Products Containing Milk, Peanuts and Other Tree Nuts."
* Most commercial white chocolates contain deodorized cocoa butter.
