About: I've written about the 75% version of this bar. It is a Swiss-made chocolate, made from Venezuelan beans. I can't quite figure out if Artisana is a marketing organization for someone elses chocolate manufacturing, or if they really make it themselves. They sell nut butters also, and I do believe they manufacture those, because their FAQ is all about that. Nevertheless, the chocolate is fine, and the emphasis on organic and health and whatever is not over the top.
Flavor:This is a full flavored bar with a complex flavor profile that has a bitter finish. It's not as fruity as I'd like from a bean to bar chocolate, but perhaps just just the age. This poor chocolate has been around the world and back.
Texture: Perhaps slightly brittle, but with a very creamy finish.
My rating: Pretty much 6 for okay flavor and texture that's not mind blowing.
| Rating Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | Really bad chocolate. There's something just really really wrong here in almost every imaginable respect. |
| 2 | A bar with this rating has at least two drawbacks. |
| 3 | A bar where something is starting to get seriously wrong.... for example, really weak flavor with an otherwise acceptable texture. |
| 4 | This bar is below average, but just slightly. Mostly it's not worth eating again. Something isn't quite up to par, for example a poor texture but fine flavor. |
| 5 | This is an average good bar that's worth eating. There's nothing really wrong with it, but also nothing particularly spectacular. Or, perhaps it has a good characteristic that's evenly counter-weighted by something weak. |
| 6 | A solidly good bar with one characteristic that's above par, for example a great texture. |
| 7 | An solidly good chocolate that has two above par characteristics, but nothing mind-blowing. Good, above average flavor, but nothing to die for. |
| 8 | An excellent bar with no weaknesses and at least one characteristic that's super. |
| 9 | An awesome bar to die for with amazing texture and flavor. |
| 10 | You have been touched by God. |
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