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Dark Chocolate Buying Guide

Dark chocolate is where it’s at for me. I was bought up on the stuff. Some people call it “bitter chocolate” and don’t like the taste, but it would be unwise to lump all dark chocolate in that category. Of course the 99% stuff such as the Michel Cluizel Noir Infin is a very acquired taste and isn’t for me.

Many people get so caught up in the per cent of cocoa solids in dark chocolate without realising that chocolate with the same amount can actually taste radically different. There are so many different factors in play such as the origin and type of cocoa beans, fermenting process the cacao beans are put through, how long they’re roasted, how long they’re conched for and how the manufactured chocolate is actually kept. So what I’d suggest is that you try chocolate at a wide range of cacao levels and brands – just explore what the chocolate world has to offer.

But here are my personal favourites in the different cocoa levels:

  • Potomac Upala – 82% Costa Rica
  • Pralus Chuao – 75% Venezuela
  • Duffy’s Tierra Oscura – 72% Panama
  • Friis Holm Chuno – 70% Nicaragua
  • Michel Cluizel Los Ancones – 67% Dominican Republic
  • Jean-Paul Hévin – 64% Papua New Guinea

Below you’ll find all the latest dark chocolate reviews. Simply just have a look at any that catch your eye, or use the listing of dark chocolate by cocoa solids on the right hand side.

90% Ecuador
90% Dark Chocolate Ecuador Rating 55%-59% 

Hotel Chocolat Ecuador Rare & Vintage 90%

November 6, 2016 Lee McCoy 1 Comment

One of the elements that caused this year’s absence from the industry was the over-use of ‘buzz’ or ‘marketing’ words

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Bonnat Los Colorados
75% Dark Chocolate Ecuador Rating 65%-69% 

Bonnat Los Colorados

July 10, 2016 Lee McCoy 1 Comment

When you constantly find new chocolates from a maker that massively impress you have in the back of your mind

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75% Dark Chocolate Peru Rating 85%-89% 

Ritual Chocolate Peru 75% Batch 5

June 26, 2016July 10, 2016 Lee McCoy 2 Comments

When you’ve got less than 5g of a chocolate to review and you recall previously absolutely loving it you’re caught

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75% Dark Chocolate Brazil 

Bonnat Kaori Brasil

June 25, 2016July 10, 2016 Lee McCoy 0 Comment

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and I can certainly say that’s true when we’re talking about chocolate.

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70% Dark Chocolate Austria Rating 40%-44% 

Berger Dark Chocolate from Austria

April 24, 2016July 10, 2016 Lee McCoy 0 Comment

Sometimes I’ll buy chocolate in the mindset of what I expect a typical ‘punter’ would have: ignorance. That sounds harsh,

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70% Dark Chocolate Ecuador Rating 60%-64% 

Fonderia del Cacao 70%

April 3, 2016July 10, 2016 Lee McCoy 0 Comment

Fonderia del Cacao are Italian chocolate makers with an entrepreneurial background that have come together to try and make chocolate

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Hotel Chocolat 75% Colombia
75% Dark Chocolate Colombia Hotel Chocolat Rating 70%-74% 

Hotel Chocolat 75% Colombia (Aracataca)

October 31, 2015 Lee McCoy 0 Comment

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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100% Dark Chocolate Indonesia Willies Delectable Cacao 

Willie’s Cacao Indonesian Black 100%

September 22, 2015September 22, 2015 Lee McCoy 0 Comment

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 Blood Chocolate
70% Dark Chocolate Rating 70%-74% Zotter 

Zotter Raspberry Blood Chocolate

September 7, 2015 Lee McCoy 0 Comment

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
74% Dark Chocolate Mast Brothers Rating 65%-69% Tanzania 

Mast Brothers Tanzania

August 31, 2015August 31, 2015 Lee McCoy 0 Comment

Perhaps not their finest dark chocolate given other bars of their with a more strident profile, but still fairly enjoyable.

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