This is the most amazing chocolate. Mike and I love chocolate and we try every new chocolate that we see, especially the really dark ones. I, frankly, don't even like white chocolate, but this stuff is amazing. It is the first white chocolate I've had that actually tastes like chocolate and it is absolutely irresistible. Mike says it is the only non-deodorized white chocolate ever produced, which is why it actually tastes like chocolate. It is also the only white chocolate we have ever seen listed with a cacao percentage (34%). The dark chocolate is 70% cacao, which is lower than we usually like, but it has a lovely complex flavor, with a nice wine foretaste and berry aftertaste. The discos melt really well and are great for dipping. Mike found these at our local Whole Foods a couple of weeks ago and we've been indulging in them ever since.
Well, I don't know about "ever produced", but El Rey Icoa is currently the only commercial white chocolate in world made with undeodorized cocoa butter. And BTW, that's what the 34% on the Icoa refers to -- percent of cocoa butter. The "cacao" or "cocoa" number on dark chocolate refers to the percentage of cocoa solids in the final product; white chocolate does not contain any cocoa solids (which is why, incidently, it cannot be labeled as simply "chocolate" in the U.S.).
ReplyDeleteIn any event, it's outstanding and widely considered to be the finest white chocolate in the world. The first time we tasted it, our reaction was the same: Neither of us had any idea that white chocolate could taste like this. Well worth seeking out!