at Thu, 13 May 2004 05:03:58 GMT in <1lDoc.37462$iF6.3770436@attbi_s02>,
(Geoff) wrote :

>If you really want Michel Cluizel's Noir Infini, I found they are still
>in stock at Chocosphere. The regular bars are out of stock (back in
>6/5/04, they say), but the "Noir Infini Squares" are in stock for $12
>per.

The little squares are probably ideal for most people, because Noir Infini
delivers quite a whack. If you're interested in a real taste-test, you
should try 50g at a time, but for a quick chocolate "hit" when you need it,
the squares would probably work well. Noir Infini is the ultimate product
to satisfy a chocolate craving, and you only need a little bit. Nothing
else chocolate I've ever had comes even close on the satisfaction gained to
amount consumed ratio.

>What I >am< working on, is an Excel spreadsheet of all the chocolates
>I've tried and my "take" on them. The chart is getting rather large.
>At some point I'll have to forsake Chocosphere to buy the chocolates
>they don't carry...

I have an Excel template, if you're really interested in getting serious in
terms of tasting and evaluating. It includes cells both for numerical
ratings and qualitative descriptions. It also includes a calculated
overall, based on sub-ratings. This is interesting to compare against your
stated overall (i.e. there's a calculated overall rating and another
overall rating that you can simply fill in) to see how much correlation
there is between your assessment of the chocolate in a particular area and
your overall opinion, or between your "objective" rating and your
"subjective" rating.

--
Alex Rast

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