The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.
Name
Jahrgangs Schokolade 2014 SAO THOMÉ 70% [sic] (Chocolate from beans of the year 2014)
Main ingredients are cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier, vanilla aroma.
Cocoa content: minimum 70%
cocoa
Manufacturer
Leysieffer GmbH & Co. KG, Benzstr. 9, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
Packaging
The chocolate is wrapped and sealed in plastic wrap. This is glued to a printed cardboard sleeve. The opener of the cardboard opens the plastic wrap, too. The packaging size is 100g.
Look
The chocolate is dark brown with a little red.
Sound
The chocolate breaks with a sound that is between a snap and a thud.
Smell
The smells of a mild cocoa and some nut and roast aromas with a hint of fruitiness.
Mouthfeel
The chocolate feels very solid and silk. It slowly dissolves into a very fine liquid.
Taste
After a very short lived sweet start, the initial taste is a roasted bitterness. The chocolate then evolves a milder cocoa note with some notes of sugar and small hints of red berry fruit. It also has a sharpness and bitterness on the tongue which is present throughout the process.
Aftertaste
The aftertaste lasts comparably long and is mainly the mild bitterness alongside a sharpness on the tongue and the sides of the mouth. It also combines some hints of sugar.
Summary
This chocolate is mainly characterised by a mild bitterness and a sharpness to the tongue. It has a balanced sweetness.
Verdict
The chocolate is made of a single origin cocoa from a particular year. It tastes like a well crafted dark chocolate with a mild bitterness balanced with sweetness. However, the single origin cocoa does not make it a product that stands out or adds a distinctly recognisable flavour apart from a marked sharpness. 3 Stars.
Dates
Lot number: L097, best before 15/08/2016, tasted 02/04/2016
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