Chocolate Tasting with Limited Chocolate, March 2018

St. Patrick’s Day 2018 will always be a memorable one, as we enjoyed a wonderful evening at the home of our awesome friends Sheila and Herbert.

There was plenty of Guinness – smooth and creamy with a pleasant balance of sweet malt and bitter roast.

There was exquisite home cooking, replete with corned beef and cabbage.

Following the excellent dinner and dessert, we enjoyed samples of Herbert’s latest chocolate batches.

Peru Marañon 70% Dark – Light, pleasant bitterness, delicious.
Hawaii 55% Milk – Milk chocolatey deliciousness. As Herbert put it, it’s an “easy milk chocolate.”
Peru Oro Verde 55% Milk – Vanilla, butterscotch, more going on than the previous ones. Herbert agreed that it was the “more interesting” milk chocolate one.

We also tasted raw cacao nibs.

Apart from his day job in tech, he has set up Limited Chocolate, a local micro-batch craft chocolate company in Mountain View.

He shared additional chocolates, taking us on an unplanned chocolate tasting adventure.

2017 Fiji 70% Dark – Sweet up front and then different notes develop, including raisin.

Hawaii 70% Dark – A lot going on with this one. Very interesting. Herbert’s favorite.

2017 Fiji 55% Milk – Notes of caramel and butterscotch. Another one Herbert describes as “easy milk chocolate.”

Hawaii 55% Milk – A sophisticated flavor profile that changes. I’m surprised that it’s the same chocolate I had already enjoyed at the beginning of the tasting.

The tasting was very informative and educational, as Herbert shared a whole lot of insights about chocolate making. Our minds were blown.

Multiple chocolates tasted absolutely divine. And the chocolates paired well with the Guinness stout.

A truly special experience.

Thank you, Sheila and Herbert, for the hospitality, delicious offerings and wonderful company.

Cheers! Prost! Gunbae!

~Andy