85% dark chocolate

AprilHare · 07-02-2010, 11:26 PM

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?

kindlekitten · 07-03-2010, 12:35 AM

what do you make it with? water? brandy?

recluse · 07-03-2010, 01:03 AM

85% cocoa is the lowest percentage I will accept in dark chocolate.

I'm surprized there isn't a Chocoholics Support group in MobileRead.

happy_terd · 07-03-2010, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

what do you make it with? water? brandy?

12 year old scotch...at the MINIMUM.

AprilHare · 07-03-2010, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by recluse

85% cocoa is the lowest percentage I will accept in dark chocolate.

I'm surprized there isn't a Chocoholics Support group in MobileRead.

That's assuming there is a problem with being addicted to chocolate.. dark chocolate is healthy for you!
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..

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

what do you make it with? water? brandy?

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Originally Posted by happy_terd

12 year old scotch...at the MINIMUM.

Alcohol does not belong in my chocolate!

I don't make chocolate; I buy it down the local shop..

Sparrow · 07-03-2010, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by AprilHare

95%+ cocoa here we come...

Has anyone attempted Michel Cluizel Noir Infini 99%? - a little goes a long way apparently.

AprilHare · 07-03-2010, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Has anyone attempted Michel Cluizel Noir Infini 99%? - a little goes a long way apparently.

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MICHEL CLUIZEL NOIR INFINI 99% DARK CHOCOLATE BAR INGREDIENTS
• Cocoas (min 99%)
• Cane sugar
• Bourbon vanilla pod
• Orange blossom
• Spices
May contain traces of nut, milk and gluten.

Gluten is bad for me (and don't want milk either).
But... does sound interesting

I want the anti-bitterness sweet additive though! It would make for the ultimate high-cocoa dark chocolate..

GeoffC · 07-03-2010, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Has anyone attempted Michel Cluizel Noir Infini 99%? - a little goes a long way apparently.

Terisa de morgan · 07-03-2010, 12:06 PM

Please, don't give me those links at these hours... By the way, have you tasted Lindt chocolates at 90%?

happy_terd · 07-03-2010, 12:09 PM

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.

TGS · 07-03-2010, 01:11 PM

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.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 07-03-2010, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by AprilHare

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?

Definitely - the higher the better

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Originally Posted by recluse

85% cocoa is the lowest percentage I will accept in dark chocolate.

I will eat lower, but regardless of what the wrapper says, I will call it milk chocolate

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.

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Has anyone attempted Michel Cluizel Noir Infini 99%? - a little goes a long way apparently.

Not yet!

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Please, don't give me those links at these hours... By the way, have you tasted Lindt chocolates at 90%?

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%

07-02-2010, 11:26 PM	#1
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	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?

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TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	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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