Tuesday, October 16, 2001


recently i was given a bar of organic chocolate. . .

it was a bar of green and black's 70% dark chocolate. now, in the past i've found most organic chocolate -- tropical source, cloud nine, newman's own -- to be deficient in terms of bar quality and chocolate flavor. they are strangely rubbery in the bar and unfortunately drab tasting.

this one's much better. sadly, still no rival to el rey for rich chocolate aftertaste or perfect bar finish. of course, what is, besides valrhona? but if you have deep organic principles -- i definitely do when it comes to vegetables, where the organic-raised do taste better -- then green and black's chocolate may be for you.

it's not as intensely flavored as other 70%-ers, however, and does seem to have a slightly soft bar. perhaps this comes from the use of raw cane sugar, which is slightly wetter than white sugar? hmm. . . tasting it, i would have thought it was a 55% bar; it's very sweet for a 70%! that aside, i like this chocolate. . .lemme have just one more little square. . .


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