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"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> brooklyn1 wrote:
>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:20:23 -0600, Arri London >
>>> wrote:
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>>>> More after the texture than the flavour at this point. But we haven't
>>>> any black cocoa anyway; just Dutch and Hershey's.
>>> I thought Dutch *was* black cocoa. What's the difference?
>>>
>>>

>> Never heard of the term "black cocoa".
>> Dutch cocoa has been treated with an alkali, which helps neutralize
>> cocoa's natural acidity.
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> King Arthur purveys it:
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> http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/...ck-cocoa-16-oz
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They don't indicate why it's different from ordinary dutched cocoa... I
think they made up that term to be gimmicky.