LAmourette Venezuela Ocumare 75% cacao

This bar is divided into fairly thick pieces. I find that this leads me to chew the pieces more than usual. When melting in the mouth the thick pieces dissolve slower. The taste is sharp and bitter, fairly earthy. The bitterness carries into the aftertaste. 7.7

Metiisto Solomon Islands Tenaru 67% cacao

This bar has a robust flavor, with citrus notes as a foundation. Some cherry and raisin flavor hints can be tasted. The bitterness is fairly low, and the aftertaste is short. 8.8

Pergalē Dark 72% cacao

Heavy and somewhat cloying cocoa flavor. Elements of honey are present, but some chalkiness in the texture. Aftertaste is persistent, though not for the better. 6.8

Ingredients: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifiers, soy lecithins, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, flavouring.

Quite a list! Pergalē is a manufacturer in Lithuania.

www.pergale.lt

Georgia Ramon Belize 70% cacao

Basic chocolate profile, with a thread of bitterness underlying faint cherry and raspberry flavors. Aftertaste is lengthy and carries the astringency of the bitter thread. 7.9

georgia-ramon.com

White Label India Anamalai 74% cacao

This bar has a very crisp snap when breaking off a piece. Its flavors include honey and anise. It has moderate bitterness which carries through to the aftertaste. 8.9

Ingredients: Cacao Bean, Organic Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter

www.whitelabelchocolate.com

This is the debut of another Northern California chocolate maker to ChocoCheck. While label is located in Santa Cruz. It is also the debut of India as an origin for craft cacao. The details on the label of the growing location is: Anamalai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Palette de Bine Tanzania Kokoa Kamili 72% cacao

Smooth cacao taste, with some lighter fruit flavors -- strawberry, melon. Clean aftertaste. 9.0

On the label is a note: "Academy of Chocolate Gold Winner 2016"

Cacao Hunters Columbia Rio de Oro 73% cacao

This bar is flavorful from first taste. Smooth and moderately bitter taste. Raspberry and honey flavors come to mind. Clean aftertaste. 9.4

www.cacaohunters.com

This is a fairly pricey bar, which I purchased for $9 for a 28 gram bar, which is about $9 per ounce.

The "Best before" date marked on this bar was October 3018, but it does not seem to be degraded in any way in appearance or taste.