Aretè Peru Nacional Marañon Canyon 66% cocoa

The first taste of this bar reveals low bitterness, and a blend of cherry and tobacco flavors. As the chocolate develops, the aftertaste is smooth with a rapid falloff of cocoa flavor, but persistence of the cherry. 8.8

Ingredients: cocoa (Peru Nacional), organic case sugar, cocoa butter (Peru Nacional)

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This is the first taste I have had of a bar from this local (SF Bay Area) chocolate maker. Nice to find them!

Marou Viet Nam Bà Ria 76% Cocoa

Like other Marou bars I've tasted, this bar has a punch. Robust cocoa flavor with coffee and earthy flavors. Overall the taste is rather bitter. This continues into the aftertaste, which drifts towards a metallic edge in the finish. 7.1

Ingredients: Cocoa & cocoa butter (76% cocoa), cane sugar (24%)

The Smooth Chocolator Tanzania 70% cacao

I notice honey and graham cracker flavors in this well made chocolate. The aftertaste is smooth, with echoes of the cacao. 9.0

Ingredients:  Cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter

The label reports that this bar won the bronze at the 2016 International Chocolate Awards (Americas). This is an Australian chocolate company.

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