Description
- Scharffen Berger - Chocolate Tasting Squares Assorted - 48 x 5 g Squares - 12 of Each Variety Scharffen Berger Chocolate Tasting Squares Assorted is a collection of four distinctive blends of chocolate tasting squares which include Extra Dark, Bittersweet, Semisweet and Milk Chocolate. Show someone you care by sending them a tasty gift. Perfect for pairings with wine, coffee, fruits and cheeses. The chocolate comes in a keepsake box with the Scharffen Berger logo. Scharffen Berger finds the world's best cacao beans, roasting and grinding them in small batches by country of origin on vintage European equipment. They carefully blend their cacao beans to produce unique and delicious chocolate. Chocolate Tasting Squares Assorted Features: Extra Dark, Bittersweet, Semisweet and Milk Chocolate flavors 12 of each flavor Share with wine, coffee, fruits and cheeses Send as a tasty gift Gluten free Kosher 82% Extra Dark Chocolate Like fine red wine, their 82% Extra Dark Chocolate has rich notes of dried figs and a mild, peppery spiciness. The intense chocolate sensation lingers on your palate with surprising pleasure. 70% Bittersweet Chocolate With its rich and pure complexity, their 70% Bittersweet Chocolate is an ideal dark chocolate. It offers upfront notes of ripe raspberry and cherry that melts smoothly into rounder date and cinnamon flavors. Enjoy a bite-size rush of dark chocolate pleasure! 62% Semisweet Chocolate With soft notes of citrus plus honey overtones, their 62% Semisweet Chocolate has a perfectly balanced flavor profile. Not too intense and not too sweet, it’s a distinct chocolate flavor. 41% Milk Chocolate With higher cacao content, more milk and less sugar than traditional milk chocolate, their Extra Rich Milk Chocolate appeals to both dark chocolate connoisseurs and milk chocolate lovers. This chocolate has a smooth creamy texture and delivers a satisfying rich caramel flavor. Their small tasting squares make it easy to share the flavor of gourmet milk chocolate. The Artisan Process Sourcing Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker travels the world in search of the finest cacao beans, carefully selecting and blending beans from fabled cacao producing countries, including Madagascar, Indonesia, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Tanzania, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama, Vietnam, Grenada, Paupua New Guinea, Bali, Ghana and Peru. The specific flavors of each bean combine to create chocolate with balance and pleasing complexity—not unlike a fine wine. Beans from each region are picked for their unique flavor characteristics—chocolate, fruit, spice, floral tobacco, leather, woody, earthy—and are specially roasted to bring out these notes. They blend these freshly roasted beans to produce their signature flavors, balanced and complex, highlighting the true, rich flavors of cacao. Fermentation Fermentation is essential to developing cacao’s chocolate flavor when the beans are roasted, along with the fruity notes that characterize fine cacao. The fermentation process involves placing wet cacao beans in heaps or boxes covered with banana leaves or burlap. During the first 36 to 48 hours the process is anaerobic, which helps grow the yeasts that convert sugars to ethanol and break down the cell structure of the pulp. After 48 hours the cacao is aerated, which promotes the growth of lactic acid bacteria that convert the ethanol and remaining sugar to acetic and lactic acid. After fermentation the beans are spread in the sun and slowly dried to achieve optimum flavor development. Sunlight also helps to break down some of the acidity left in the beans after fermentation. Roasting After fermentation, roasting is the single most important step in the Scharffen Berger process. They begin by cleaning the beans, then pasteurizing them using a combination of steam and pressure. The beans are then placed in the roaster and slowly brought up to the desired temperature. Each origin has its own specific roasting parameters, but since those times c
- UPC # 643392501078
- Size/Form 48 Count
Suggested Use: Open and enjoy Chocolate Tasting Squares! INGREDIENTS Scharffen Berger - Chocolate Tasting Squares Assorted - 48 x 5 g Squares Supplement Facts Serving Size: 8 pieces (40 g) Servings Per Container: About 6 Amount Per Serving % Daily Value Calories 200 Calories from Fat 130 Total Fat 16 g 25% Saturated Fat 10 g 50% Trans Fat 0 g Cholesterol < 5 mg 1% Sodium 15 mg 1% Total Carbohydrate 19 g 6% Dietary Fiber 4 g 16% Sugars 13 g Protein 4 g Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 4% Iron 8% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Other Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Sugar, Milk, Cocoa Butter, Nonfat Milk, Non-GMO Soy Lecithin, Whole Vanilla Beans.
