Dick Taylor Solomon Islands Paspaskato 72% cacao

This bar has a warm, homey feel to it. The label suggests "almond butter" as a tasting note, and that might be what leads me to that feeling. The label also suggest cherry, which I did not notice and dried apricots, which I can see, though it is subtle. The aftertaste is fairly long lasting, and the bitterness is as expected for a 72% bar. 8.4




This is a small bar, only one ounce. The note inside the packaging recounts the trip the owners took to Solomon Islands to advise the local farmers on cacao production, and one farmer who produced the cacao which was used for this bar. His cacao won a Solomon Islands cacao contest, and Dick Taylor purchased a small amount to use for this "exclusive release."


I bought this bar at the Dick Taylor headquarters in Eureka. The store displays their own chocolates for purchase, plus a number of other craft chocolate makers.

The window towards the back of the store looks into their chocolate making room. During our visit we found some chocolate being tempered which we were told was their Belize chocolate.

I took advantage of the opportunity to purchase several bars plus a Dick Taylor Chocolate T-shirt. Most of these will be reviewed in ChocoCheck.