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Pralus

PERCENT: min 75% Cacao

CACAO BEANS:  Criollo & Trinitario

ORIGIN OF CACAO:  Indonesia & Ghana

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE:  France

CHOCOLATIER: François Pralus

CHOCOLATIER'S TASTING NOTES:

Fresh and subtle, woody aroma with wild mushrooms, slightly acid and long on the palate.

OUR NOTES:

Al:  Starts smokey, ends fruity. Weird.  I like it!  I like both of those tastes in chocolate. It is great to have them combined.

Becky:  This chocolate is a great example of what is meant by "woody" and "wild mushrooms".   Though these aren't tastes most of us look for in chocolate, it is surprisingly pleasant.  I notice a whiff of smoke at the beginning and a touch of raspberry at the end.  It's like a summer's daywalk through the woods, past a campfire, to pick raspberries; then dip it all in chocolate.  Delightful.