Chocolate(s) of the Day: 1.) Snake and Butterfly
Belize 67% bar
Good - Good +
Weight: .875 oz. (25 g.) /1.75 oz. (49.5 g.) total bar
Calories: 130 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $5.00 (show price)
Purchased from: Snake and Butterfly table, at Chocolate Salon, in San Francisco, CA
2.) Askinosie Chocolate
White Chocolate Nibby BarGood - Good +
Weight: 1.5 oz. (42.5 g.) / 3 oz. (85 g.) total bar
Calories: 250 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 (estimate) for total bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Garage, in Palo Alto, CA
Today was Day #6 of Chocolate and Orange/Citrus Theme Week. It's May, the weather is hot, and even though it's not Memorial Day yet, it's OK to wear white -- white chocolate that is, perhaps paired with St. George Spirits Qi White Tea liqueur - flavored with orange with crushed ice.
For a second chocolate and orange iced tea combination, without the alcohol, I brewed up a batch of Good Earth Super Green Tea -- Matcha and Sencha green tea suffused with fragrant orange flavor.
Either version of iced tea is nice for sipping with Snake and Butterfly's dark 67% Belize bar, or Askinosie Chocolate's White Chocolate Nibble Bar - with rich, single origin cocoa butter made using Davao Trinitario cocoa beans from the Philippines.
