Another sweet bar, rounder and softer than the Inca berry one. The banana-chocolate duo is a classic, and for a good reason: these two flavors blend particularly well. When the cocoa is as good as Republica del Cacao’s arriba cocoa, it is unmistakably delicious. The fine pieces of dried banana melt more slowly than the chocolate in the mouth. The bar can be enjoyed in two stages: letting the chocolate melt gently, and enjoying the sweet and crunchy elements at the end.
Probably made from the same ingredients as the 70%, this chocolate is however more bitter and more acidic. If we find notes of roasted nuts, it is rather an impression of coffee that dominates the flavor. It is a powerful chocolate, which quickly invades the palate, and remains long in mouth. The coconut sugar appears towards the end, and refocuses the trajectory towards the subtle touches of caramel and vanilla characteristic of Pacari chocolate.
This is completely Pacari chocolate. It seems to me that this is the same base from which chocolates with other ingredients are made (except that here it is 70% instead of 60%).
So we have a smooth, creamy, well-balanced chocolate. It starts with hints of wood and roasted nuts and finishes with flavors of caramel, vanilla and cinnamon. It hides a very small bitterness behind a powerful and long lasting taste.
A classic that will appeal to everyone, playing brilliantly on all fronts.
Like many 100% cocoa chocolates, this bar has a powerful and marked presence in the mouth, but as is often the case with arriba cocoa, it is not particularly bitter. However, Pacari manages to avoid a common pitfall with 100%: this chocolate is less doughy than its counterparts.
In more detail, one can appreciate the notes of roasted nuts and a little acidity and bitterness that are characteristic of Pacari. It is an important experience: one understands what makes the basis of other chocolates.
In itself, it is a very pleasant chocolate, although it should be reserved for those who are looking for it.
Another very special bar. Piura is in Peru - so it is outside the usual borders of Pacari, which usually focuses on Ecuador.
More special: in the Piura region there are albino cocoa trees, i.e. with white seeds (as opposed to the usual red/brown). Research has shown that this is a Nacional cocoa, of the same family as the Ecuadorian. In short, a unique cocoa.