Quite bitter chocolate, with a puckery aftertaste. Plum flavor can be noticed. 7.7Ingredients: Cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin)
www.zokoko.com
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Zokoko Solomon Islands Guadalcanal 78% cacao
Quite bitter chocolate, with a puckery aftertaste. Plum flavor can be noticed. 7.7Ingredients: Cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin)
www.zokoko.com
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Uniconf Dark Chocolate 80% cacao
I found this bar in a Russian food store in Oakland. The chocolate was respectable, tasting slightly better than other mass-market bars I have tasted. However the Russian writing on the label intrigued me. I asked a Russian-speaking friend with whom I work to translate the label. The large script says "Dark Chocolate," not too surprising. However the writing in the red oval apparently says "Red October" -- a reference to the 1917 Russian Revolution, and the start of the communist Soviet state.
A first for Choco Check -- communist chocolate!
The bar's ingredients include vanilla, so there is no Chocolate Check rating.
www.uniconf.ru
The bar's ingredients include vanilla, so there is no Chocolate Check rating.
www.uniconf.ru
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Fruition Bolivia 74% Dark
Strong cacao flavor with a bitter taste at the front. Some caramel flavor in the mix. Fairly short lasting aftertaste, but still bitter. 7.8Ingredients: cocoa beans, cane sugar
$11.49 for 60g (2.12 oz)