More Chocolate Tasting

We found a couple of new bars at Trader Joes on Sunday, both are from Chocovic SA and purport to be "Unique Origin Varietal Chocolates" with minimum 71% cocoa. One bar, "Ocumare", is from Venezuelan cocoa; the other, "Guaranda", is from Ecuadorian cocoa.

Andrea and I agreed on preference: we liked Ocumare better than Guaranda, though both are good. Ocumare is creamier/richer and spicier. Guaranda is a bit "sharper" (to use a random word). Both are well balanced and very smooth (like the Valrhona). We liked the smoothness.

We haven't tasted these beside the Caro yet, that's for tonight. :-)