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

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%
100g

"This project is the coordinated effort of Vintage Chocolates with the
Rainforest Alliance" ...


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.


Eddie

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

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(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

at Sun, 25 Jun 2006 01:01:14 GMT in >,
(Eddie Grove) wrote :

(Alex Rast) writes:
>
>> at Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:32:38 GMT in
>> >,
>> (Eddie Grove) wrote :
>>
>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.

I don't think there's anything wrong about comparing 2 chocolates with
radically different price points. In the first place, it's not a given that
the more expensive chocolate is the better one (Lindt's 85% for example is
better than the much more expensive Cluizel 85% - not that either one of
them is short of superb), and in the second one needs to understand where
relative chocolate quality really counts and one of the only ways to do
that is to compare chocolates with different market positions side-by-side.

Back to Dolfin. It's quite suitable for a high-intensity near-90%
chocolate. My impression is that it was considerably stronger that most
other chocolates in the same percentage class. It's good, although I think
somewhat overroasted (coffee flavours predominate).

I also note that German market preferences favour very mild flavour even at
high percentage. For example, Hachez' 88% is actually very mild - closer to
a 60% in intensity. The texture is the best in the business - which appears
to be the main criterion for the German market - but it's not got the punch
you expect at this percentage. Actually, Slitti chocolates usually lean a
little on the mild side but the Arriba bean is particularly strong and I
think this is what makes the Tropicale so exceptional.



--
Alex Rast

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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

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harry wrote:
>
> hi
> I just love choclates and here is something that will make u love
> choclates better .I came across this site full of goodies.go to
> www.cajuncountrycandies.com/w2325 and have some hot choclate mmm.. wish
> u all a nice easter
> harry

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hi
I just love choclates and here is something that will make u love
choclates better .I came across this site full of goodies.go to
www.cajuncountrycandies.com/w2325 and have some hot choclate mmm.. wish
u all a nice easter
harry

Valrhona's 85% dark bitter chocolate is my favorite. Its called "Le
Noir Extra Amer" . Its French and I dont know what "Amer" means.
Maybe it means LOVE. I also like its contents dietwise. No sodium!
Somewhat less sugar and saturated fats than all others I've compared it
with. Lindt also makes a very good one but its not easy to find.
That's a swiss company. And then there is the incredible Italian
Venchi with Absinthe!
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4...icture47.0.jpg
DOLFIN NOIR AU POIVRE ROSE (Belguim)
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4...ark-pepper.jpg is a
treat.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4...petals-ccr.jpg is
wow.

Im on a chocolate diet for one month so Im trying to find as much dark
chocolate as I can in this little town. Godiva stinks. Its just an
expensive Hershey Bar. I hope this helps. Maybe not. 85% seems the
limit here. Its probably repulsive with more than 85%. YOu could try
a spoonful of Valrhona's cocoa powder.



Henning Sudbrock wrote:
> 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

Hi,

"amer" means "bitter" (love=amour)...

Hm, I'm looking for something stronger, but not as strong as the easily
available 99% chocolate. 90% is perhaps ok, though I think that I'd
prefer 95%...

cardarch schrieb:
> Valrhona's 85% dark bitter chocolate is my favorite. Its called "Le
> Noir Extra Amer" . Its French and I dont know what "Amer" means.
> Maybe it means LOVE. I also like its contents dietwise. No sodium!
> Somewhat less sugar and saturated fats than all others I've compared it
> with. Lindt also makes a very good one but its not easy to find.
> That's a swiss company. And then there is the incredible Italian
> Venchi with Absinthe!
> http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4...icture47.0.jpg
> DOLFIN NOIR AU POIVRE ROSE (Belguim)
> http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4...ark-pepper.jpg is a
> treat.
> http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4...petals-ccr.jpg is
> wow.
>
> Im on a chocolate diet for one month so Im trying to find as much dark
> chocolate as I can in this little town. Godiva stinks. Its just an
> expensive Hershey Bar. I hope this helps. Maybe not. 85% seems the
> limit here. Its probably repulsive with more than 85%. YOu could try
> a spoonful of Valrhona's cocoa powder.
>
>
>
> Henning Sudbrock wrote:
>> 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
>