Name
Trinidad and Tobago dark chocolateMain ingredients: cocoa beans, cane sugar, cocoa butter
Cocoa content: minimum 70% cocoa content, no vanilla
Manufacturer
Artisan du Chocolat, 89 Lower Sloane Street, London, SW1 8DA, United Kingdomin Partnership with: Fine Cocoa Company Ltd, La Réunion Cocoa Estate, Centeno, Port of Spain, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
Packaging
The chocolate comes in a tin in the shape of a steel pan drum. Inside is some packaging paper and 125g dark chocolate sealed in plastic wrap.Look
The surface is smooth and a bit shiny. The chocolate is dark brown but more red-brown than black-brown.Sound
The little chocolate sticks snap with a clear, distinct "click" sound.Smell
The chocolate has a warm and rich smell with aromas of wood, earth and notes of guava and flowers.Mouthfeel
The chocolate is initially very hard and solid and melts quickly into a very fine liquid.Taste
The initial flavour is pure cocoa with a note of bark, oak tree and wet wood. It almost instantly unfolds a full body of fruity notes of raisins, guavas and honey dew. It has a distinct, very light, unobtrusive sweetness. The dark cocoa flavour is present all the time and combines with the fruitiness into a comparably light chocolate which is still very complex and rich in flavour.Aftertaste
The aftertaste is dominated by darker cocoa flavours of the chocolate at the rear of the mouth whereas some fruity notes linger in the front.Summary
This pure dark chocolate is comparably light but it has a rich cocoa flavour and complex, fruity flavours that are all sourced from the special cocoa bean. It deserves your full attention when eating.
