Goodnow Farms Peru Ucayali 70% cacao

This bar has a buttery texture, with a spicy flavor thread which has a nutmeg element. The aftertaste is clean and tapers quickly. 8.9

Ingredients: Single Origin Cacao Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Single Origin Cocoa Butter

$12 / 1.94 oz

www.goodnowfarms.com

The label of this bar shows three awards, two silvers and a bronze. Both the interior of the wrapper and the website have a lot of details on the company and how they make chocolate.  They also have a nice mold for their bar.

What is Craft Chocolate?

The insert which came with the The Swedish Cacao Company Tanzania Kokoa Kamili 74% cacao bar reviewed earlier includes some useful notes about what craft chocolate is all about and how it differs from the mass-produced chocolate of which most of us are familiar.

Monsoon Tanzania Kokoa Kamili 77% cacao

This bar has a bracing, fruity punch, with raspberry and citrus notes. The cacao strength is high, so the bitterness level adds to the punch. There is a lengthy aftertaste which resolves with a memory of the fruit notes. 9.1

Ingredients: Cocoa Beans*, Cane Sugar*, Cocoa Butter*
* Certified Organic

monsoonchocolate.com

The Swedish Cacao Company Tanzania Kokoa Kamili 74% cacao

This is a bracing bar of chocolate. The label calls it "jammy," and I agree with that. There is a concord fruit flavor, and an edge of burnt sugar. There is some bitterness, but it is balanced and provides a nice aftertaste. 9.0

Ingredients: Cacao, cane sugar

$12 / 1.7 oz.

www.TheSwedishCacaoCompany.com

Inside the label is a lot of writing -- all in Swedish. Fortunately there is an English insert with some of the text, but if the rest of the writing needs to be translated, Google translate can assist. From the English insert is some good chocolate eating advice: "Good chocolate should be allowed to melt slowly in your mouth and allow it flavors to express itself in staged -- an open, a middle, and a finish. Natural flavors you would not expect will emerge. Go slow and enjoy!"

White Label Tanzania Kilombero 68% cacao

Gentle citrus flavors are noticeable in this bar, lime, possibly lemon. The flavors migrate to a caramel finish with low bitterness and smooth aftertaste. 9.4

Another tasty bar from Santa Cruz's White Label. The prior review was of White Label India Anamalai 74% cacao.

$10 / 2.3 oz