Alex Rast wrote:

> Interesting. I think there may be 2 leanings: those who prefer the
> "maximum intensity" approach to sensory experience, and those
> who prefer the "maximum duration". Proponents of the first approach
> would try to condense all the sensation into the shortest time at the
> greatest strength, those of the second to spread out the sensation
> at lower power into a longer time.
>
> I know I'm definitely of the former school. Not just in chocolate,
> but in essentially any other pleasant sensation, I'd find complete
> contentment in experiencing infinite strength for the briefest instant,
> while a continual experience of the sensation at a low level for
> eternity would be entirely unsatisfying.

You may be interested to know that the sensation of flavor is
primarily through the olfactory sense. The sense of taste is a
crude blunt instrument, on its own only being capable of
recognizing four sensations: sweet, sour, salt, and bitter.
However, the olfactory sense appears to be capable of
sensing an infinite variety and subtlety of smells.

If your theory about "maximum intensity" is correct, then
you should find greatest enjoyment by obtaining the finest,
purest cocoa, and inhaling it through a straw into your
nasal cavity, much in the way that snuff or cocaine is used.
That would give you a sudden, maximum, peak experience
of the chocolate flavor.