Dagoba - Organic Dark 59%  Hot Print E-mail
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Sunday, 01 April 2007
Editor's rating
8.5
out of 10
Reviewed by:
Tamara Bitticks
Thursday, 12 April 2007
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Chocolate Bars
Cocoa Content: 59%
Type: Organic bar
Origin: Unspecified
Price: $2.50
Price/Oz: $1.25
Dagoba - Organic Dark 59%
The Dagoba line of chocolates is organic and sweetened with evaporated cane juice instead of sugar, lending a certain nuance to all of their chocolates. The beans used for their unflavored bars come from their signature mélange of origins.

Editor review
Overall rating (weighted)
8.5
Appearance
8.0
Aroma
9.0
Flavor
8.0
Texture
9.0
Duration
7.0
Sweet Balance
9.0
Purity
10.0
Value
9.0
The bars are nicely packaged in a paper-lined gold foil that makes drive-by snacking easy. Slight imperfections are noticeable and the color is a medium-dark brown pointing to the fact that aesthetics are not a focus for this maker. The bar is smaller than many at 2.0 oz, and is laid out in such a way that separating a piece is not easy. The shape is that of a modified Kit-Kat bar, and it makes getting a taste into your mouth a multi-step process. The aroma is an upfront chocolate smell with hints of coffee and orange.

The chocolate is slightly brittle and does crumble a bit when you bite into it. As the chocolate begins to melt, the upfront flavors of herbs and fresh earth transition into traces of cherry and honey. The melt is nice with a good velvety feeling in the mouth, though the flavor fades more quickly than it should. The sweetness is well balanced, particularly for a bar with no vanilla added, and the flavors flow from one to the other nicely as the chocolate melts.

This bar is probably good for people who prefer their chocolate less sweet, and is a superb sample of organic chocolate. Priced at $1.25/oz. it is a worthwhile purchase, particularly if you are partial to in organic foods.

Maker Comments:
A rich and full bodied rustic grown organic dark chocolate bar, 59% cocoa, for chocoholics who like dark with a bit more sweetness than found in New Moon, Kosher Dairy, KSA
Last updated: Friday, 05 October 2007


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