Chocolate of the Day
Spinnaker Chocolate
90% Belize Single-Origin Chocolate Maya Mountain Cacao (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 2 oz. (57 g.) in total bar
Calories: 130 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $14.00 for 1 bar (current price)
Purchased from: Spinnaker, online order
Welcome to Day #10 of Chocolate and Central America Theme Week, including several bars crafted using Belize cacao from Maya Mountain Cacao.
Today's 90% Belize Single-Origin Chocolate Maya Mountain Cacao (bar) was from Spinnaker Chocolate (Seattle, WA).
Aroma notes for this ultra-dark chocolate included: dark chocolate with a very light, pleasant vegetable (potato and greens) note, and very faint, diffuse fruit (very mild tropical fruit, berry).
Texture: relatively smooth texture with an even melt
Flavor notes included: ultra-dark chocolate but without the usual bitterness and acidity (fruit or otherwise).
I really enjoyed the uniquely easy-going, very smooth, ultra-dark aroma and flavor in this chocolate; and the lack of sugar. This was one of the least bitter 90% cacao chocolates I've ever tasted. (This belongs in a tasting flight with other high-percentage bars to illustrate the range of intensity (high-to-low) that's possible.)
The mild fruit notes were not the lively citrus, pineapple, red berry one often tastes in "fruity" cacaos; but rather softer, subtler white and blue fruits lower in acidity (blue pitaya (dragon fruit)) and very mild blueberry.
I appreciated the short list of just two ingredients: cacao and organic cane sugar--with no added cocoa butter.
Maker's Tasting Notes: "Super smooth and deliciously fruity. Even at 90% there's no bitterness from the amazing Maya Mountain Belize cacao." "You will like this if...You like our 70% Belize (bar) but just want something even less sweet. You like blue fruits and berries."
Ingredients: Cacao, Organic Cane Sugar
Allergen-related information: "Processed in a facility that uses milk powder and hazelnuts."
