Eddie Grove wrote:
> (Alex Rast) writes:
>
>
>>at Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:32:38 GMT in >,
(Eddie Grove) wrote :
>>
>>
>>>Henning Sudbrock <""hsudbrock _AT_\"@ web.de"> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>does anyone know about chocolate with about 89 to 95 percent cocao in
>>>>it? In Germany one usually gets 85% chocolate, and then again 99%
>>>>chocolate, the first one being to sweet, the latter one too bitter for
>>>>my taste. Has anybody seen something in between?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, Henning
>>>
>>>I'm looking at the remains of a bar:
>>>
>>>Plantations
>>>Arriba Chocolate
>>>Premium Varietal Chocolate from Ecuador
>>>90%
>>>
>>>Maybe that is enough information for you to search it out. I don't
>>>think I would recommend it, but it is 90% and it certainly isn't bad.
>>>
>>
>>I would definitely NOT recommend Vintage Plantations' 90% which is, sadly,
>>a very poor chocolate indeed. Fortunately, there is a superb chocolate
>>which also happens to be Ecuador Arriba at the same percentage - Slitti
>>Super Novanta Tropicale 90%. Awesome and simply the best 90% chocolate on
>>the market. It should be able to be found with a reasonable search.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Alex Rast
>
>
> I've been buying Dolfin 88% at a Whole Foods Market recently. It
> doesn't quite fall into the 89-95 range, but maybe it is close
> enough. It is good enough to recommend. I haven't tried the Slitti,
> so I cannot compare the two, but at less than half the price it
> is not clear it is fair to compare them.
>
>
> Eddie
Shaffen Berger http://www.scharffenberger.com/ has a 99% Cacao
Unsweetened Couverture Slab. Expensive but my christmas present lasted
until my birthdat in July.
MarvSc