The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.
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Dark Chocolate 80%
Main ingredients are cocoa beans, unrefined cane sugar.
Cocoa content: minimum 80%
cocoa solids
Manufacturer
Honest Chocolate, The Woodstock Exchange, 66 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town,7925, South Africa
Packaging
The 60g chocolate bar is wrapped in aluminium paper and a card board sleeve.
Look
The chocolate is dark red-brown with a very shiny surface.
Sound
The chocolate breaks with a clear snap sound.
Smell
Opening the package releases intensive fruity cocoa aromas with hints of coffee, roasted nuts and sweetness.
Mouthfeel
The chocolate melts into a very fine liquid. Its surfaces become slightly rougher and soft when melting.
Taste
The initial flavour is sweet. As soon as the chocolate starts melting, a full cocoa body unfolds. A fruity sourness builds up that is framed by roasted nuts and a mild astringency. Later, the flavour of unripe red fruit emerges. Its sourness increases up to an almost tingling sensation. Hints of roasted nuts and bitterness develop next to the full bodied yet light, fruity and sour cocoa.
Aftertaste
The aftertaste is a light fruity sourness in the centre of the mouth that is slightly tingling. There is also a mildly astringent cocoa flavours at the rear of the mouth.
Summary
This dark chocolate has a fruity and sour flavour with flavours of roasted nuts. The full bodied cocoa flavour emphasises the fruity sourness and lighter flavours of its cocoa. The astringency and bitterness are very mild making this chocolate a comparable 'light' dark chocolate.
Verdict
The chocolate is very well manufactured and melts nicely. It emphasises the cocoa's fruity flavours and showcases its complexity as each components develops one by one. 5 Stars.
Dates
Lot number: 180530-1, best before 30/05/2019, tasted 15&22&28&29/07/2018
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