Mylo coffee & Kyya chocolate



   Today I have a great combination of coffee & chocolate. The coffee is from Mylo & the chocolate from Kyya. Both of these companies are based in Arkansas. Mylo Coffee is the realization of a lifelong dream of owner and head baker Stephanos Mylonas and his wife Monica. What began as a stall at the farmers market is now a bright shopfront in the heart of Hillcrest. Kyya started back in 2012 while working as a small non-profit on a project in Uganda. On the 31 hour plane ride home they created what is now Kyya Chocolate, the first Bean to Bar Chocolate Company in Arkansas. 

   I previously reviewed this coffee, Mylo's Las Lajas Perla Negra bean. An organic naturally processed bean from Costa Rica. Mylo notes flavors of raspberry wine, basil, and roasted hazelnuts. I got a lot of deep, dark fruits ie blackberry, plum, black cherry. Super juicy and silky cup with nice wine characteristics found in naturals. Nice deep earthy sweetness reminiscent of dark honey as well. The chocolate was tasty as well. I loved the cracked coffee and the texture it added on the back of the bar. Nice smooth dark chocolate, and at "only" 55% not as bitter as some other darks, with some nice sweetness.

   Many thanks to Markos & Mylo for the tasty beans & chocolate. Another neat fact that Markos pointed out to me, was that this coffee & chocolate were not only both originated from the same country, but the farms are quite close to each other as well. Neat to know that these two tasty treats could have been rained on in the same storm, or visited by the same bird. 

Coffee is here:  mylocoffee.com

Chocolate is here:  kyyachocolate.com



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