The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.
Name
Newtree - Lavende (Organic milk chocolate with natural lavender flavour and Fairtrade ingredients)
Main ingredients are cane sugar, cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder, cocoa mass, natural lavender flavouring, soya lecithin, natural vanilla flavouring.
Cocoa content: minimum 40%
cocoa
Manufacturer
NEWTREE S.A., Boulevard du Souverain/Vorstlaan 207/3. 1160 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium
Packaging
The 80g chocolate bar is sealed in shiny plastic wrap and put in a cardboard envelope.
Look
The chocolate is light brown with light hints of red. The edges tend to have a white shimmer.
Sound
The chocolate breaks with a snap sound.
Smell
The smells has intense lavender and sugar aromas.
Mouthfeel
The surface of the chocolate feels textured when melting. It passes through a short stage of stickiness before melting into a very fine and smooth liquid.
Taste
The chocolate unfolds a lavender flavour as it starts to melt. This combines with a mild sweetness, milky flavours and hints of cocoa.
Aftertaste
The lavender flavours disappear quickly but the sweetness and milk flavours remain present.
Summary
This is a flavoured milk chocolate with lavender flavours a mild sweetness.
Verdict
The chocolate melts into a fine liquid but has a textured surface. The lavender flavour is very noticeable and not pungent or artificial. However, there are only little notes of cocoa that are overwhelmed by sweetness. 2 Stars.
Dates
Lot number: L30ABF2, best before 01/02/2017, tasted 22&23/01&11/02/2017
