Review: Soma Vietnam, Tien Giang
Company: Soma Chocolatemaker
Terroir: Tien Giang, Vietnam
Blend or Single Origin
Economics:
Values: Soy-Free, Vegan
Price: Spendy!
Sugars:
Summary from the Company: Upon visiting Marou Faiseurs de Chocolat in 2013 we felt immediately jealous; Their funky workshop in beautiful Saigon, the vintage old roasters, & the fact that they can just jump into their old 1975 Citroen “La Dalat” and drive out into the countryside to purchase cacao beans. Their journey led them to this interesting cacao from the Mekong delta named “Tien Giang” of which we received a shipment earlier this year.
Followers of this blog may know that I have a soft spot for Marou chocolate. Little did I know when I picked up this Soma bar that they too are in love with Marou! Their entire reason for making this bar was having visited Marou’s operation!
Good humans, Vietnamese chocolate is something special. As I’ve previously reported to you, every bar at Marou has a markedly different flavor profile. This bar from Soma follow in that tradition.
Inexplicably, this Tien Giang, unlike Marou’s, has a strong cinnamon flavor that comes entirely from the bean itself. I’m not sure what they did, but if Marou could bring out this flavor it would improve their Tien Giang bar.
One of the nicer Soma bars I’ve tried.