"Alex Rast" > wrote in message
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> at Mon, 03 Nov 2003 02:35:19 GMT in
> You got really lucky, because that's the best of the 85% bars and another
> of the great chocolates of the world. Typically Lindt is merely OK, not
> great, but in this bar they seem to have outdone themselves.
>
> More typically, 85% bars taste a bit flat and monotonous. IMHO the perfect
> balance of sugar to chocolate happens in the 66% - 75% range. That's
enough
> sugar to prevent the bar from tasting one-dimensional but not so much that
> it starts to diminish the chocolate flavour.

That's comforting to hear, because above around the 70% range I start having
a few problems with chocolate, and I hope I don't turn out to be a
sugarholic. I did in fact like the Lindt 85% when I had it, so I guess
there's hope for me. The 99% (I think I remember also seeing a Lindt version
of the 99%) really seems like a rough ride, although I haven't tried it yet.

John