Leysieffer - Dark Chocolate "Les extra fin"

The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.

Name

Edelbitter-Schokolade "Les extra fin" [sic] (Dark Chocolate "Les extra fin")
Main ingredients are cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier, vanilla aroma.
Cocoa content: minimum 61% 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 very dark brown with a tiny hint of red.

Sound

The chocolate breaks with a very clear snap sound.

Smell

The chocolate smells of vanilla, sugar, roast and mildly bitter cocoa aromas.

Mouthfeel

Initially the chocolate feels solid and almost edgy, but it quickly dissolves into a smooth and very fine liquid.

Taste

The chocolate tastes of vanilla sugar with notes of roasted nut. After a short while, a mild cocoa flavour and some bitterness unfolds.

Aftertaste

The aftertaste is mainly sweetness at the centre of the tongue and mild bitterness of the cocoa towards the rear.

Summary

This chocolate is very smooth and silky as promised on the packaging. Compared to other dark chocolates, it is sweet and tastes rather light with only a few roast and cocoa flavours.

Verdict

The is very smooth but its flavour mainly driven by sugar rather than the cocoa that would be expected with dark chocolate.the characteristics of cocoa flavour. 2 Stars.

Dates

Lot number: L118, best before 01/09/2016, tasted 03&06&07/04/2016

Leysieffer - Sao Thomé 70%

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