Chocolate of the Day
Dandelion Chocolate
70% Tumaco, Colombia (2024 Harvest) (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28 g.) / 2 oz. (56 g.) in total bar
Calories: 155 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $N/A - gift from a family at work. Thank you Maddy, Isla and Evan!
Purchased from: N/A - gift from family
Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Colombia Theme Week.
Today's 70% Tumaco, Colombia (2024 Harvest) (bar) was from Dandelion Chocolate (San Francisco, CA).
Dandelion is a small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolate maker that produces bars made with just two ingredients: single origin cacao and sugar. No added cocoa butter, no vanilla, no lecithins. They also honor their individual makers.
For example, printed on today's bar were the words: "Bar Profile By Pablo." That short note connects us with the individual involved with making cacao bean roasting and other choices, as well as coaxing flavors from cacaos from different batches and countries of origin.*
Aroma notes for this bar crafted using cacao from Tumaco, Colombia, included: dark chocolate (fudge-y, chocolate-y), with trace amounts of fruit and green.
Texture: slow melt with a light astringency (slight sense dryness like you might see in certain red wines).
Flavor notes included: deep, chocolate-y notes with diffuse fruit (dark berry, red wine), barely there black and white ground pepper, nut, and dark, floral honey.
*Maker's notes: "Pablo values local ancestral cultivation traditions. He roasts the 2024 harvest short and hot, for rich chocolate-nut aromas with delicate floral accents...We taste chocolate-covered almonds and clover honey."
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans and Organic Cane Sugar
Allergen-related information: "Contains no Dairy, Gluten, Nuts or Soy"
