Equateur

Pralus

PERCENT: min 75% Cacao

CACAO BEANS:  Trinitario

ORIGIN OF CACAO :  Ecuador

Latitude: 2 degrees 20' S, Longitude:  78 degrees 40' W

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE:  France

CHOCOLATIER: François Pralus

OUR NOTES:

Al:  Slow to taste. Charcoal, smokey scent, smooth, slight acidic taste.   A hint of air conditioned grocery vegetable stand. Smooth melt. It would be interesting to compare to São Tomé. Long finish - 17 minutes.

Becky:  Grocery vegetable stand?  That's a new one!  I didn't notice the smokiness.  This chocolate is a little slow to get going on the palate.  It is definitely more bitter and more acidic than some of the others, but not in a bad way.  There is a certain fresh woodsiness - maybe that's the vegetable stand - and a definitely enjoyable dried red fruit taste -dried cherries maybe?