Kilwins Dominican Republic 80% cacao

An assertive chocolate, fairly bitter but not disruptive. Earthy flavors dominate, with a long aftertaste. 8.0

This is the second bar that I picked up at the Baltimore Kilwins store. The Kilwins Dark was pleasant but not interesting, whereas this bar is less comfortable but more intriguing, challenging, and — as I said above, assertive. Kilwins has put a nice design on the surface of the bar, shown here. Each of the symbols represent the locations of the single origin bars that they make: Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Ivory Coast, Mexico and this bar, Dominican Republic.