Alex Rast wrote:

> at Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:35:01 GMT in
> <4pd9k192difku3thb9bmlpdjdbh3cm9te9@ 4ax.com>, sfpipeline_at_gmail.com
> (sf) wrote :
>
>>On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:30:54 -0000, Alex Rast wrote:
>>
>>> Now try an 85% such as Lindt's. *That's* getting serious.
>>
>>I don't think you've tried the Trader Joe's. It's serious chocolate.
>>It's so serious that I can't eat more than a bite or two. Lindt's is
>>pablum compared to what he's talking about.
>>
>
> Not the Lindt 85%. TJ's 70% is just Callebaut 7030 (yup, tried both
> the TJ- branded version and the Callebaut-branded original), a nice
> strong chocolate but nowhere near the Lindt 85%. Lindt makes a whole
> range of chocolates, and the most well-known, perhaps what you're
> thinking of, are the "Surfin" and the regular "Excellence" bar, both
> at 58% IIRC, indeed, considerably weaker than Callebaut 7030. But
> Excellence 85% (easily recognised by the white and black label with
> the big 85% on it) is really strong indeed, one of the most powerful
> of the 85% which blow away 70%- class chocolates. And of course as I
> mentioned earlier there's always Noir Infini 99% and Domori 100%. Noir
> Infini is probably the strongest chocolate in the world. You want
> serious? *That's* serious!
>
> Oh, all the chocolates I've spoken about here can be gotten from
> http://www.chocosphere.com. Lindt 85% is commonly available in most
> supermarkets.


Thanks for the info and the link. 100% sounds inedible, more of a cooking
chocolate!??

Andy