Arete Brasil Fazenda Camboa 75% Organic Dark Chocolate

About: This is a hand-crafted chocolate that I bought at the Chocolate Garage on a whim. It's expensive, and worth every penny.  It's a small operation - very small - and they start with the raw beans. From their humble web site: "We make these bars by hand starting from unroasted cocoa beans in our small craft chocolate workshop in Milpitas, CA."

Flavor: This chocolate blew my mind. There's nothing in it but cocoa beans and sugar, so the fantastic flavor is (presumably) derived from the careful preparation of the beans (or crack cocaine). The bar has a great aroma. It's full flavored, fruity, rich, with a sweet after taste. Go out and get some quickly.


Texture: It's firm and brittle, with a smooth finish. I've had bars that were creamier, but the brittle start is more than compensated for by the flavor.

Rating: 9.9 get some. eat it. feel good.

Here,  the scale of 1-10, scores above 5 meaning 'would get again' and below 5 meaning 'don't bother with this again'.

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