The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.
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Dark Chocolate - Mint from Morocco
Main ingredients are cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, dehydrated milk, soy lecithin, natural mint oil 0.1%, natural vanilla flavouring.
Cocoa content: minimum 52%
cocoa
Manufacturer
Neuhaus NV, Postweg 2, 1602 Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Packaging
The 100g chocolate bar is wrapped in aluminium foil and a card board sleeve.
Look
The chocolate is dark brown with a hint of red and a white shimmer at the edges.
Sound
The cold chocolate breaks with a snap sound. But at room temperature, the chocolate feels soft-ish and breaks with a thud sound.
Smell
The chocolate has very intense mint aroma with a subtle framing of cocoa aromas. Notes of sugar are noticeable.
Mouthfeel
The chocolate melts quickly into very fine liquid. Its surface softens while it is melting without getting sticky.
Taste
The flavour is very strongly dominated by the spearmint. The chocolate flavour adds a tiny little warming note and a nutty flavour to the other wise quite cooling mint flavours.
Aftertaste
The aftertaste is mainly mint flavour on the tongue and the gums. There is some reminiscence of cocoa, especially at the rear of the tongue behind and below the mint flavours.
Summary
The flavour is strongly dominated by the mint oils in the product. The chocolate only adds its mouthfeel.
Verdict
The flavour are similar to the spicy and edgy mint flavour of chewing gum. The mint overpowers the cocoa's warmer nutty notes and reduces the chocolate to its soft melting properties. Nevertheless, the product is well conched and melts nicely in the mouth. It should also be noted that this is dark chocolate that is made with milk powder. 2 Stars.
Dates
Lot number: L33597, best before 28/02/2018, tasted 14&21/01&10/02/2018
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