#marouchocolate

[bebejacobs]

This is our favorite #caocaospread from #Marou We just ran out of it 😢 We need a replacement #chocolatespread What’s your favorite. Recommendations please. We like this because it’s not very sweet. #marouchocolate #marouchocolatevietnam #vietnamesechocolate https://www.instagram.com/p/CEc44rDJa1l/?igshid=1c381erp58iyq

[pjmooney]

Surprised to see the wonderful Marou Chocolate, from Vietnam, on sale at the counter of a bookstore in Petaluma, California. Happy to see it being sole here. #marouchocolate (at Copperfield's Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6T8NCtli1U/?igshid=s00axpfbrw4s

[onedropcafe]

フレンチトーストが有名なビストロ ファヴォリ代官山でバレンタイン期間限定のMarou コラボのショコラフレンチトーストを確認。思った以上にオトナなフレンチトーストでした。他のメニューも気になるのでまた来ます！ #marou #marouchocolate #frenchtoast #daikanyama #valentine #chocolate (BISTRO　FAVORI)

[chocolateuplift]

I'm grateful for a glorious Thanksgiving Friday lunch with dear ones, at the home of a dear friend! 🌞 Guess who brought the exquisite #bittersweetpastryshop chocolate cream and lemon meringue pies, the satisfying #goodkingcacao seasoned snacking cacao, and the marvelous #marouchocolate! Swipe! : ) 💛 And guess whose team won at charades after lunch, with a daring come-from-behind strategy! During which guess-who had seconds of the chocolate cream pie! ; ) 🌟 Grateful for all! #thanksgivingweek (at Chicago, Illinois)

[chocolateuplift]

"There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way." #thichnhathanh 💚 Miles of magnificent #marouchocolate at the #nwchocolatefestival! 💙 #seattlenovember2017 (at The Northwest Chocolate Festival)

[chocolateuplift]

"Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you." #Rumi 🍃 I loved staging and arranging marvelous #marouchocolate minis from #pastoralchicago, lovely #anthropologie blue-and-white, and beautiful blooms from a dear soul! 🌟 Have I ever told you how much I enjoy flower arranging, a blend of art and nature, as chocolate is a blend of art and nature? Adore! 💚 #chocolateandflowers #thankyou

[cocoamacaw-blog]

Review: Marou Tien Giang 70%

Company: Marou    Terroir: Tien Giang, Vietnam  Blend or Single Origin Economics: Directly Traded Values: Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, Nut-free, Vegan  Price: Spendy! Sugars: Unknown

Summary from the Company: A full bodied chocolate with notes of spices, fruits and honey, made from fine flavor cacao grown by farmers around Cho Gao in the Mekong Delta.

Surprise! My chocolate supplier got another Marou bar in, so I’m back with an unexpected edition to our expedition. 

If you’re a keen-eyed human, you may have noted that the terroir of this bar is the same as the 80%. I assume this means we have two bars made using the same beans but in different concentrations.

Intriguing! 

Unfortunately, these beans were also the ones I had the least to say about. 

The company says spices, fruit, and honey. If I concentrate very hard, I can see where they get the honey from, but it’s nowhere near as strong as it was in the 76% bar. The other notes I just don't taste. Mostly this bar just tastes like dark chocolate. It’s at the bottom of what I would consider a dark chocolate range. Below 70% and you start getting into milks and candy, in this bird’s opinion.

Now, if I compare the 70% to the 80%, I can tastes the spices coming through. When tasted on its own, the 80% didn’t stand out for me. When compared to a lesser concentration of the same bean, it really does bring out something a little like cinnamon or cloves--something bitter. I tried the 70% next to the fruity Mababu, and it still doesn’t really shine in any particular area.

I think if you’re looking for an uncomplicated, not too bitter dark chocolate, Marou’s 70% is a safe bet. Scaled against the others available in this line, I’m going to score it rather low. Tien Giang beans just don’t appear to be my favorite.

Rating: 3/5 

[chocolateuplift]

Full reveal of the Chocolate Uplift craft chocolate subscription box for June, on my theme of innovation into the blue! ↗️ It's such a thrill to select exquisite first-class chocolate each month - like #chocolatasm, #chocolatenaive, #marouchocolate, and #violetskychocolate this month! - to tell a story or spotlight a chocolate maker, cacao origin, chocolate technique, or other element of the world of craft chocolate. 💙 It's a thrill too to donate a meal to the formerly trafficked cacao kids of #creerafrica in Cote d'Ivoire for every box sold, and to add a Peruvian friendship bracelet to each box to honor the South American heritage of original cacao and our friendship through chocolate. 🌍 Thank you, and keep eating real chocolate! 🆙️ #chocolatesubscriptionbox #chocolatefreedomproject #upliftthroughchocolate