The first chocolate from Bicol that we tasted is this 60% dark chocolate from Mayon Gold. The chocolate comes from Camalig. Albay, which is near the famous Mayon Volcano.
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Mayon Gold markets this as a hand crafted chocolate.
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Details about the chocolate at the back of the package
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There's a story behind this chocolate. That was covered by the price tag, which I removed to show the work and advocacy of the Muravah Foundation that produced this chocolate.
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Nutrition information. Note the emphasis on this chocolate having only 2 ingredients: dried fermented cacao and coconut sugar. They seem to have forgotten to declare others that would have rendered this product easily spoiled?
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Revenues from the chocolate will go to the improvement in the lives of people in the communities supported by the foundation.
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The chocolate was okay considering they used only 2 ingredients (as they claim). We thought the use of coconut sugar as sweetener affected the overall taste and texture of the chocolate. I am not sure that this is the taste and texture desired by most chocolate lovers though. And in the end, to be honest, the chocolate will not be judged by the maker's objectives and advocacies but by its qualities as compared (or benchmarked) with other, more superior products. The chocolate retails for about 140 pesos for this 50g bar. I would not mind paying for a bar or two the first time but have to reconsider a next time. There is definitely a lot of room for improvement for this chocolate if they want to get to the level of the Auros and Malagos chocolates.
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