Gigante Huila -Colombia -60% Dark chocolate bar - chokaico

Gigante Huila 60% Dark Chocolate

Single Region—Fair Trade—Bean to bar

Bean provenance: Gigante Huila, Colombia.

The aroma is a lovely blend of dried cherries and light raisins. Chocolate is the primary flavor here and is an incredibly approachable chocolate. That is not to say it is boring but instead familiar. The acidity is mouthwatering instead of sharp. It's a pomegranate and sour cherry (in that good, juicy way). In the same way, this is an approachable, everyday eating chocolate; it is also a fruity chocolate for people who don't think they like fruity chocolate. Nothing is challenging here, with the bitterness and astringency simply giving structure and balancing out the malt sweetness. 

About this cacao:

These beans are carefully tended to by the ASOCAGIGANTE association in Huila, Colombia. Raymondo Guzman Romero and Diego Gonzalez lead the team. Raymondo's ancestors founded Finca Casa Blanca in the early 1800s, and today it has some of the oldest cacao trees in Colombia.