Post by: on January 05, 2007, 01:32:42 pm
Has anyone here ever tasted 100% cocoa chocolate before? I noticed that the Hotel Chocolat was doing a bar so I thought I would give it a go. This stuff is one of the most vile thing I've ever tasted and I now understand why they add a bit of sugar!
Can anyone here stomach it?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on January 05, 2007, 01:35:21 pm
I shalln't bother trying since I can't even stand the 70%!
Post by: StrollingMinstrel on January 05, 2007, 01:41:41 pm
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Post by: chocadmin on January 05, 2007, 01:56:32 pm
100% seems really extreme, perhaps those on seventypercent.co.uk would be more keen?
There are some very good 70-75% products out there that are really smooth and have wonderful flavour but it's very much an aquired taste a lot of the time. I don't like the more bitter products (Lindt 70% excellence) but a good bar of Valrhona is worth the money.
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Post by: on January 08, 2007, 09:16:29 am
I'm a big fan of the Hotel Chocolat Purist range, especially the Ganaches! Slurp! Also, they have a 62% milk chocolate bar that is to die for. Check out all their Rabot Estate stuff.
I have no idea how that 100% bar stayed together, but it made a great mousse when mixed with sugar and some raspberry yogurt!
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Post by: goldencup on May 02, 2010, 09:50:31 am
What ever happened to SM?
She still puts in an appearance from time to time.
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Post by: drterror_6_6_6 on July 20, 2013, 06:12:05 pm
I've tried two separate 100% bars now, both of them really good. The first was The Grenada Chocolate Company 100% and the other was Pacari Raw 100%. Both bars have their own nuances and I could never pick a favourite. In the past I've tried the 100% bars from Hotel Chocolat and Lindt, and both were pretty vile, having no real flavour and very waxy texture.
Anyone else here dared to try the strong stuff yet?
Post by: Rainbow on July 20, 2013, 07:23:31 pm
I love Lindt chocolate, it's been my favourite treat for years, and their 85% is fabulous, only beaten by the dark with sea salt which is just too yummy, but the 100% was awful.
I just thought that meant I didn't like the very very dark stuff, so I've never tried any others.
Post by: GimmeTheSoddingChoc on July 22, 2013, 11:27:39 am
I don't like the way Lindt cheat with the ingredients (although G&B do the same, it must be said). Take a look at the 85% dark bar from Lindt. Let's have a look at those ingredients...
Cocoa mass (The cocoa beans, machined to within an inch of their lives, destroying all natural flavours)
Low fat cocoa powder (Low fat means added sugar, plus it's used to add fake bitterness to the chocolate)
Cocoa butter (At least it's above the sugar)
Demerara sugar (In an attempt to inject some 'uniqueness', Lindt have put this in because it's made with molasses)
Natural Bourbon vanilla beans (You know things are bad when vanilla is added!)
From bean to bar, the 85% takes a really tragic journey to fake taste central. If you think this is what dark chocolate should taste like, get your laughing gear around something by Michael Cluizel or even something from the Purist range in Hotel Chocolat.
Anyway, enough of my moaning and back to 100%...
Post by: Rainbow on July 22, 2013, 07:18:00 pm
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Post by: GimmeTheSoddingChoc on July 25, 2013, 11:02:54 am
I wasn't knocking your love of the Lindt 85% btw, it's not my place to tell people what to eat.
Post by: Rainbow on July 25, 2013, 06:16:23 pm
That's a shame. I was going to suggest something from their Purist range (now relabelled Rabot 1745). You'll be amazed how one dark bar can taste of red fruits and another of coffee just by using the beans.They have a website, I might just have a look on there and see what I can come up with. But be warned, if I end up addicted to the stuff I shall put all the blame on you. ;)
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I wasn't knocking your love of the Lindt 85% btw, it's not my place to tell people what to eat.I know you weren't. :D
Post by: GimmeTheSoddingChoc on July 26, 2013, 11:50:49 am
Post by: Rainbow on July 26, 2013, 09:11:37 pm
A website or something would be fabulous. :D
Post by: GimmeTheSoddingChoc on July 29, 2013, 10:48:26 am
Remember that chocolate is only one of two things on Earth that tastes as good as it smells.
Post by: Rainbow on July 29, 2013, 11:25:00 pm
I went to a chocolate workshop once, and the prices for chocolate there were outrageous. I would never have paid those kinds of prices normally, but when I'm on holiday I tend to spend money on things I wouldn't normally buy. ::)
At the end of the workshop there was a gift box taster set that included a small amount of most of the things they had made and it all looked beautiful. So scrummy.
It all made it back to the chalet we were staying in but by the time we sat down to watch the tv that night we'd agreed there wouldn't be any left to have with breakfast the next day. lol
I hate to say it, especially because I'm thinking about how much I spent while I'm typing this, but it was all absolutely awful.
The white chocolate was sickly and slimy, the milk chocolate tasted like it was made with cocoa margarine not cocoa butter and the dark chocolate was so bitter it almost burned my tongue.
That experience taught me that price is no sure indication of quality, so I really appreciate your words, thanks for that. :D
Post by: GimmeTheSoddingChoc on July 30, 2013, 10:51:00 am
Post by: Rainbow on July 31, 2013, 04:53:42 pm
I had some once that was naturally floral, but it's been long discontinued.
I suppose it's all a question of economics.
The really great but expensive stuff versus the cheap generic stuff. The cheap stuff always wins and the people who buy it generally never know what they're missing.
Post by: GimmeTheSoddingChoc on August 01, 2013, 10:52:40 am
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Post by: GimmeTheSoddingChoc on August 05, 2013, 11:09:51 am
Post by: Rainbow on August 06, 2013, 10:19:16 pm
I suppose CDM is OKish in a nostalgic way. I just can't bring myself to buy any due to the Kraft connection and what they've done to the industry.
I'm finding it very hard to find everyday market chocolate that I am happy to buy.
A lot of the companies that make the chocolate brands available in supermarkets have extremely questionable ethics, or are run by people who do.
My latest turn off is Peter Brabeck, the CEO of Nestle, who was caught on video saying that in his opinion water should be a commodity, not just something everyone has a basic human right to.
I just don't have words to describe my feelings about him and his opinion.
It seems that the universe is encouraging me to eat less chocolate by volume, but go for better quality, more ethical products, and I think I find that extremely ok. lol
Post by: GimmeTheSoddingChoc on August 07, 2013, 11:41:39 am
Post by: Rainbow on August 07, 2013, 05:47:10 pm
Some of the chocolate here sounds amazing. Thanks :D
One thing I really do love is the idea that you could need an emergency delivery of chocolate, and that you would want it so badly that you would pay 17.95 to have it delivered by 9am the next day.
I like chocolate, but not that much. rofl
Post by: GimmeTheSoddingChoc on August 08, 2013, 10:30:54 am