Hotel Chocolat Ecuador Rare & Vintage 90%
One of the elements that caused this year’s absence from the industry was the over-use of ‘buzz’ or ‘marketing’ words
Read moreDark 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:
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.
One of the elements that caused this year’s absence from the industry was the over-use of ‘buzz’ or ‘marketing’ words
Read moreWhen you constantly find new chocolates from a maker that massively impress you have in the back of your mind
Read moreWhen you’ve got less than 5g of a chocolate to review and you recall previously absolutely loving it you’re caught
Read moreThey say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and I can certainly say that’s true when we’re talking about chocolate.
Read moreSometimes I’ll buy chocolate in the mindset of what I expect a typical ‘punter’ would have: ignorance. That sounds harsh,
Read moreFonderia del Cacao are Italian chocolate makers with an entrepreneurial background that have come together to try and make chocolate
Read moreThis 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.
Read moreSurprisingly this was a very intense offering from Willie’s. The great thing was that it was also full of intereresting flavours.
Read moreThis is certainly a dark flavoured chocolate you’ll never forget as it’s got blood in it.
Read morePerhaps not their finest dark chocolate given other bars of their with a more strident profile, but still fairly enjoyable.
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