ChocolateBet: August 9, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece
Theo Chocolate
"Scotch"
Very Good - Very Good + - nice smooth dark ganache, and scotch flavors
Wt: ~ .5 oz.
Calories: ~ 75 calories
Cost: $2.00
Purchased from: Cacao Drink Chocolate, in Portland, OR

Today I fly down to L.A. for a conference/tradeshow for work, after pulling an all-nighter and two almost all-nighters in the past several days. Not the smartest thing to do, but the show must go on. Thank goodness for a good stiff belt of scotch and dark chocolate. That will help! :-).

ChocolateBet: August 8, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece
Theo
Fig & Fennel
Very Good - nice smooth consistency and the fig and fennel flavors are well balanced.
Wt: ~ .4 oz.
Calories: ~ 65 cals. (estim.)
Cost: $ (unclear from receipt)
Purchased from: Cacao Drink Chocolate, in Portland, OR

ChocolateBet: August 7, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
1 serving ("set" of 2 pieces sold as 1)
Fran's
Ginger
Good+ - Very Good; the taste of high-quality ingredients, nice gel-like candied ginger middle surrounded by dark chocolate
Wt: ~.6 oz.
Calories: ~90 cals. (estim.)
Cost: $? (not clear from receipt)
Purchased from: Cacao Drink Chocolate, in Portland, OR

ChocolateBet: Aug. 6, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
1 serving
Sahagun
Shards of De Vries - thin pieces of bark; Costa Rican 77% with bits of fueilletine
Very Good - crunchy, as billed
Wt: ~ .25 oz.
Calories: ~37 cals. (estim.)
Cost: $1.00 for this serving/pkg.
Purchased from: Sahagun, in Portland, OR

ChocolateBet: August 5, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece
Sahagun (Chocolate Shop)
Oregon Bark (with hazelnuts and sour cherries from Oregon) - made at Sahagun
Very Good - a bit uneven in terms of different tastes - but all but a few bitter spots are very good.
Wt: ~ 1 oz.
Calories: ~ 150 cals. (estim.)
Cost: $5.45
Purchased from: Sahagun (Chocolate Shop) in Portland, OR

Note: Only tiny flecks of chocolate left in empty wrapper (image at right/above).

ChocolateBet: August 4, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
1 bar
Cavalier
Moka Dark (bar)
Very Good + - This bar has a soft almost fudgy center; I liked the dark/mocha flavor balance. It's just a little sweet, but smooth; and you don't feel like you're eating coffee grounds.
Wt.: 42 grams (~ 1.4 oz.)
Calories:
Cost: $2.99 (Canadian)
Purchased from: Beniamo & Co., in Montreal, Quebec

This bar is the last of my chocolate stash from Quebec. The next few weeks I'll be eating a lot of chocolates from the Portland area. (See my Aug. 2, '08, blog entry for more on my chocolate city stumble (day-trip to Portland last Saturday) ).

ChocolateBet: August 3, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 bar
Caffarel
Olympo All' Arancia
Very Good
Weight: 0.8 oz. (24 grams)
Calories: 125 calories (estimate) in 1 bar
Cost: $2.45 (Canadian)
Purchased from: Beniamo and Co., in Montreal, Quebec

I really enjoy dark chocolate and citrus flavors together when they're well balanced and natural tasting. Today's "Bitter Chocolate with Orange Flavour" bar from Caffarel (Italia) was quite nice.