Chocolate Tree Whisky, Nibs and a bit of a Plea
One of the advantages of having an extended break from chocolate reviewing is that it brings you closer to how
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Fruition Brown Butter 43% Milk Chocolate
There are few milk chocolates that make me absolutely weak at the knees. And even though this uses Dominican beans
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Seaforth Cow’s Milk 60%
A truly lovely dark milk chocolate with the perfect balance of the cocoa and the sugar with the creamy aspects well in balance.
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Ara Chocolat Belize 71% and Agua Fria 70%
Two new bars from Ara found their way to my desk and I’m damn glad that they have. They’re fantastic – but both completely different. Strangely the Venezuelan has a good level of intensity while the Belize is very soft and creamy.
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Hotel Chocolat 75% Colombia (Aracataca)
This is a chocolate that has an internal battle. It cannot make up its mind if it is a refined Venezueland chocolate or a more brutish Ecuador.
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Willie’s Cacao Indonesian Black 100%
Surprisingly this was a very intense offering from Willie’s. The great thing was that it was also full of intereresting flavours.
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Zotter Raspberry Blood Chocolate
This is certainly a dark flavoured chocolate you’ll never forget as it’s got blood in it.
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Mast Brothers Tanzania
Perhaps not their finest dark chocolate given other bars of their with a more strident profile, but still fairly enjoyable.
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Madagascar 70% Chilli Chocolate
The South Devon Chilli Farm hold a place very dear in my heart. My second culinary passion are chilies. Seemingly
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Hotel Chocolat Rabot Extra Thick Egg
I’m sure many in the chocolate industry would have no problems applauding Hotel Chocolat for bringing much better chocolate to
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