Green and Blacks Dark 85%

By JeanFrancois

Hi and welcome to my chocolate blog

As my first post I’m going to review a chocolate bar from Green & Blacks. Green & Blacks have a number of bars available, today I’m going to be talking about the Green & Blacks Dark 85% Cocoa bar.

The bar looked really nice and well tempered with a mirror surface. The bar weighed in at 100 grams divided in 30 pieces. Each piece has the distinctive “leaf” of the Green & Blacks logo on it.

Breaking off a piece produced a nice snap, another sign of good tempering. It started melting melting almost instantly after being put in the mouth. This bar produced an instant velvety smooth melt.

With an 85% Cacao content, some bitterness is expected but it was very subtle and actually quite enjoyable. After the initial bitterness was gone I detected a fruity ( cherry? ) or citrus taste.

Although I liked the cherry/citrus taste, my tasting partner actually described it as “Cherry Cough Syrup” so I guess everyone has their own preferences.