07-02-2010, 11:26 PM | #1 |
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85% dark chocolate
Given how cold things have been here recently (sub-zero temperatures in the Sydney basin are odd but not unheard of) I have been indulging in my passion for dark chocolate - specifically dark chocolate with 85% cocoa.
Anyone enjoy a higher percentage dark chocolate, or am I out of step with the general populace of MobileRead with respect to enjoying such a high theobromine level? Who is with me too that 'dark' chocolate made with milk is an abomination? |
07-03-2010, 12:35 AM | #2 |
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what do you make it with? water? brandy?
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07-03-2010, 01:03 AM | #3 |
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85% cocoa is the lowest percentage I will accept in dark chocolate.
I'm surprized there isn't a Chocoholics Support group in MobileRead. |
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I'd like a chocolate with a higher fraction of cocoa, of course, and no sugar at all: an additive like this http://www.thaumatinnaturally.com/ might do the job - not just super sweet, it cancels bitter flavours too! 95%+ cocoa here we come.. Alcohol does not belong in my chocolate! I don't make chocolate; I buy it down the local shop.. |
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07-03-2010, 02:49 AM | #6 |
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Has anyone attempted Michel Cluizel Noir Infini 99%? - a little goes a long way apparently.
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But... does sound interesting I want the anti-bitterness sweet additive though! It would make for the ultimate high-cocoa dark chocolate.. |
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Please, don't give me those links at these hours... By the way, have you tasted Lindt chocolates at 90%?
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I left baker's chocolate out once and found a little bite mark in it from my son. He was too young to know that baker's chocolate is unsweetened. He learned a valuable lesson that day. |
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I am a chocolate snob up with the best - usually single estate with nothing less than 70% will pass my lips. But you know, there are some times when the only thing that will do is a bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk - like when you've missed lunch and stopped at a petrol station with the intention of buying an apple and a bottle of water to keep you going, but at the last minute you put the apple and water back and go for the 200g of CDM and bottle of Tizer.
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And lower than about 50% I call it "chocolate flavoured confectionary". Same goes for things like Bournville Dark - which is vile, tastes nothing like chocolate. Quote:
I usually keep a bar of Lindt 85% in my drawer at work, but I may have to start going for their 90% or even 99% as it's still a little too sweet for me. But the 85% is easier to find than the 90% |
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