Elysia Noir 85% Cocoa

                                   

About: Belgian chocolate. What's not to like. While the chocolate is branded Elysia, it is manufactured by Emoti chocolates. Confusingly, Emoti is a recent brand, but the Elysia claims to be a "fine German brand" since 1895). Emoti makes a wide variety of filled chocolates, truffles, and bars. I don't know about Elysia. I gave up caring. It tastes good.

Flavor: At 85% there isn't room for much sugar, so if you're wimpy about dark chocolate, this isn't for you. I loved it. The flavor is full, just mildly bitter, and not particularly fruity. But it's earthy and satisfying. And this is a solid go-to dark bar. One thing you won't find here is a burned bitter and nasty sourness... two! two things you won't find! Also any unpleasant after taste. Three things!

Texture: Very nicely smooth.creamy. Actually, really amazingly creamy, after the initial snap.

My rating:  A nice 7.

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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