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"In an area where most would expect me to be wholly cynical, I embrace the ample overabundance of chocolate that continues to flood the market. The mass acceptance and enthusiasm that has greeted the considerable proliferation of chocolate bars may have something to do with frequent health claims made about dark chocolate, or it may just be that a meager chocolate bar is an indulgence worthy of a few dollars during trying economic times. I wouldn&amp;#039;t go so far as to say that a chocolate bailout is in order, but like movies and booze, people still hungrily consume chocolate even when the world is collapsing around them.   That said Amano Chocolate bars are a good representative of a global healing for the chocolate age, particularly the new Jembrana bar. Made by hand from premium cocoa beans from the south coast of Bali, the Jembrana bar is 70% cacao and lushly dark and fruity. This is a single origin bar, meaning that all the cocoa beans come from one particular place (Jembrana) and should reveal the distinctive character of the region, not unlike a fine wine. Relatively small at two ounces compared to the bulk of hulking artisan chocolate bars being furiously consumed, the Jembrana is a bit diminutive and precious at first but quickly earns its keep with a bold, but measured chocolate flavor that reminds you of black plums, espresso, and pine nuts simultaneously.  The other unique aspect of this bar, and this chocolate company, is that it is not a product of some elite European chocolate house, nor is it the deceptively home spun product of some hefty chocolate conglomerate, it is definitively the love child of one guy, Art Pollard, who creates all of his chocolate right outside of Salt Lake City, Utah with the collaboration and cooperation of cocoa growers from Madagascar to Bali. Let the global healing begin. Amano Chocolate Bars are available for about $7 a piece in four distinct varieties (Madagascar, Ocumare, Cuyagua, and Jembrana) and are available at Whole Foods Market, as well as other markets where fancy chocolates are sold.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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