Chocolate Tree Peru Chililique 70% cacao

The initial taste of this bar is fairly bitter. This follows from a roasted profile derived from a coffee taste and some charcoal. The aftertaste is of short duration as the bitterness tails off quickly. 8.9

Ingredients: Cacao beans*, cane sugar*, cocoa butter*
*Certified organic ingredient

The Chocolate Tree website has a post on their sourcing of this bar's cacao in Chililique: https://www.choctree.co.uk/360-peru-chililique-2018/

Chocolate Tree has once more split this into two bars, each with its own detailed mold. A prior review of a Chocolate Tree bar shows a similarly nice mold design: Chocolate Tree Belize Maya Mountain 75% cacao

Car Peru Ucayali River 70% cacao

This bar has a buttery texture and a flavor that is nearly milky. There is also an gentle earthiness, somewhat yeasty. The aftertaste has a thickness that follows from the buttery start. 7.9

Bar Au Chocolat Peru Marañón Canyon 70% cacao

The prominent taste of this bar has cherry flavor, with an undertone of caramel. The bitterness is moderate, with a moderate aftertaste duration. 8.3

I previously reviewed this bar at Bar Au Chocolat Peru Marañón Canyon 70% cacao. I noted citrus notes then, which I might faintly taste here, but it is less noticeable.

9th & Larkin Peru Ucayali River 72% cacao

There is a buttery flavor that stands out from the start with this bar which is reminiscent of toffee. Fruity notes accompany this flavor, mostly with a suggestion of berry, but leaning into a rum raisin taste. The bitterness is low and the aftertaste is short. 9.2