CHOCOLATES

Lattenero 70% is a milk chocolate containing 70% cocoa solids made by Slitti in Tuscany, Italy. Lattenero is available with 45%, 51%, 62% and 70% cocoa solids and contains cocoa mass, sugar, whole milk powder, and natural vanilla. No lecithin is added. 

I tried the 70% milk chocolate. The flavor is fairly bitter with a strong, long lasting, bitter aftertaste. It lacks the sweetness usually associated with milk chocolates. I didn’t like it; bittersweet chocolates without milk taste much better.

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Type: Bittersweet premium chocolate bar.
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Hal Chocolate brands, Chocolate tasting italy

I have previously tried some Cuban chocolates, see  Cuban Chocolates (Part 1). During my last visit to Havana I found two new Cuban chocolate brands that I have never seen before. The Baracoa Chocolate Fundente was a sweet, dark chocolate containing a minimum of 30% cocoa solids. It was made with sugar, cocoa liqueur, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, PGPR and vanilla (PGPR is Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate or E476, an emulsifier made from castor beans which reduces the viscosity of chocolate, according to Wikipedia). Weight: 50 g. The chocolate was made by Empresa Derivados del Cacao in Baracoa, Guantanamo, Cuba; the area where the best Cuban cocoa is grown. The flavor was very sweet with a strong natural vanilla flavor (in contrast to vanillin, which is most commonly used in chocolate manufacturing), in the same was as many other Cuban chocolates.

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Type: Semisweet premium chocolate bar.
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At Havana airport I found Chocolate Artesanal Aurora, which according to the wrap is made with the best selection of Cuban cacao. Weight: 100 g. This chocolate was also made with cacao from Baracoa, and produced by Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Alimenticia, in Havana. Two types were available: with almonds or with hazelnuts. The cacao content was not stated, but it was a semisweet dark chocolate with fairly high sugar content. The almonds were in my opinion too much roasted.

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Type: Semisweet premium chocolate bar.
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[Photos: Hal]

Hal Chocolate brands, Chocolate tasting cuba