Chocolopolis Chocolate Tasting, Part 2: Power Rankings

It has taken me a looong time to post these rankings from my birthday chocolate tasting last year. I have a bit of an excuse-I misplaced my chocolate tasting notes for months and months. So here's a plug for having a dedicated notebook for tasting notes. I have been using this lovely fella:

which my lovely brother got for me for my birthday (how have I not filled it up 3 times over by now?). It works really nicely because I just keep it with my stash of chocolate. Wait, did I just say STASH of chocolate? This is a new things for me. In the past, I have not ever had the self control for a stash to ever form in my house at all. 

But now that I have been buying quality bars and taking time to taste and think while I enjoy my chocolate, I have quite a stash (and quite a backlog of posts to write too...)! Anyway, I am loving the change in my life. 

But on to the main topic of this post: Power Rankings


It was so fun to taste with friends because some things we agreed upon and other things we didn't. For example, I don't know HOW anyone could rank ANY bar above Amedei Porcelana (so far my all time fave)...BUT some of my friends did. And that's ok. I guess. ;) No, really...it is. Although our tastes differed a bit making some of us like different bars over others, we all could appreciate the quality and complex flavors in the bars which was so much fun!

 

Here's how I ranked the 5 bars:

***1. Choc# 4 Amedei Porcelana  

 

 Origin: Venezuela
 Maker: Amedei Tuscany
 % chocolate: 70
 Notes: good snap, good texture, milky smooth flavor








***2. Choc# 2 Patric Chocolate  
 
      
 Origin: Madagascar
 Maker: Patric
 % chocolate:75
 Notes: pretty! milky. YUM





  


***3. Choc# 5 Vila Gracinda 
 
          
 Origin: Africa, Sao-Tome
 Maker: Michel Cluizel
 % chocolate: 67
 Notes: second best snap, milky flavor, flavor evolves a lot...gets better as time passes







***4. Choc# 3 Marou  

         
Origin: Vietnam, Tan Phu Dong
Maker: Marou
% chocolate: 75
Notes: cinnamon, nutty flavors, smooth and sweet








**5. Choc# 1 Original Beans  

          

Origin:Peruvian Andes, Piura River Valley
Maker: Original Beans
% chocolate: 75
Notes: nice snap, good texture, interesting flavors, good finish, berryish






So that's a wrap...8 months late. But wrapped all the same. :) 

CHEERS!