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August 16, 2006

Sprüngli, Grand Cru Arriba, Ecuador (72%)

Sprüngli has tempted many a hungry tourist with it delicious power-covered truffles and delectable Luxemburgerli, colorful cream-filled cookies which disintegrate if you attempt to take them beyond Switzerland's borders. In recent years, Sprüngli has started to apply its flair for confectionary creativity to the budding world of dark chocolate. I've come across dark chocolate truffles covered with a fine layer of cacao powder and Santa Claus figures molded entirely from premium dark chocolate. On a recent trip to the local shopping center, I found myself *accidently* in the Sprüngli shop, where I *accidently* discovered that Sprüngli now has a line of dark chocolate bars. Accidents aren't always bad, you see.

As with all good things, moderation is the best guide. Fighting back the urge to devour the whole Sprüngli dark chocolate line in one go, I picked out just one bar, the Grand Cru Arriba. It turned out to be a good pick. Grand Cru Arriba makes use of the Arriba cacao beans from the Esmeraldas region in northern Ecuador. High-end chocolate bars tend to use Criollo cacao beans, but occassionally Arriba, supposedly one of the better Forestaro varieties, makes an appearance. Sprüngli Grand Cru proves that Arriba can be the centerpiece of a very good chocolate. In fact, everything about this bar is dedicated to dark chocolate purism, from the the crisp break of the thin wafers, to the subtle, but unmistakeable dark chocolate aroma, to the lightly smoked and fruity taste. Grand Cru is neither as complex in flavor nor as smooth in consistency as some other high-end bars, but these features are ultimately personal preferences. The bar is otherwise quite flawless and, therefore, earns a well-deserved five beans in my book.

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