Vivani 85% cacao

 























About:Vivani is a German brand. They make a wide variety of chocolates, flavored and pure, as well as other chocolate confections and even chocolate cream (which is, I think, a sort of spread). They claim to have a heritage of over 100 years of chocolate making, but it's all a bit hazy. 

Flavor: The dark chocolate is slightly bitter. If you're thinking, "yes, dumdum, it's dark chocolate," I'll respond that it's bitter for a dark chocolate. Moreover, the flavor, when it does come out, is not pronounced or strong. It's like basic, earthy chocolate, but without much in the way of fruitiness.

Texture:Smooth for such a high-content chocolate bar, but not so smooth that you'll write your mother about it. It's basically fine.


My rating:  A 6 for nice texture but rather average, at best, flavor.

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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