Thursday, October 28, 2004


an environmentally friendly chocolate

santander i was definitely stoked to wander into my local garden of eden and see a chocolate my latin colleagues had told me about but which i'd never actually grasped in my hot little hands, one called santander. this is a 70% single-origin bar from colombia, complete -- naturally -- with 100% colombian coffee bits.

opening the bar, i immediately noticed finish defects -- i could see the swirl from the mold on the back, and the bar didn't have the best sheen. the snap wasn't great either.

the coffee bits contribute to making the bar a tad crumbly. like many things from latin america, it's quite sweet for a 70%, but otherwise has a pleasant chocolate flavor and a good coffee taste.

it melts ok in the mouth, but of course the coffee makes it a bit gritty.

the website claims that the cacao used in the product has been grown without chemicals and under shade for more than 50 years, altho' it seems the company hasn't submitted the product for official organic certification.

amusing, but not a big deal to my mind. . .not in the same league as el rey at all.

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