Zhuzhou

Bean Source: Uganda
Inclusions: Candied Orange, Toasted Seasame Seeds, Five Spice Blend
 
Zhuzhou is a city in the Hunan Province of China. This destination and the culinary traditions of central China serve as the inspiration for this bar. Using Ugandan single-source chocolate as our base, we add in Chinese Five-Spice during the final hours of refining. Five Spice is meant to encapsulate the five tastes - sweet, sour, bitter, salty and unmami - and uses a blend of cinnamon, cloves, pepper corn, star anise and fennel. During the casting of the bar we sprinke in bits of candided orange peel and toasted seasame seeds. 
 
Zhou-Zhou definetly has the least sweetness in its tasting profile compared to our other bars and has a lot of complexity in its layering of flavors - someone looking for a candy-bar like experience may not appreciate this one.