Chocolate

[Tom_H]

In the summer of '75 I lived just uphill from the Lindt and Sprüngli chocolate factory on the Zurich Sea. The fragrance was always wafting uphill and drove me crazy. That was my introduction to the Alps and to good chocolate. Their liquid caramel filled milk chocolate bars were my favorite. In Hawai'i you can get Dole milk chocolate covered pineapple chunks-SO GOOD!

[Oubliet]

There is a chocolate bar sold in markets in Spain, Condis, that is very good, imho.

I have friends in Barcelona that occasionally bring me a supply when they're backcountry in California to visit.

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[Oubliet]

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[maverick]

By the way, the top chocolate bar (winner) cocoa beans were sourced from Mexico: http://www.internationalchocolateawards ... ners-2016/
Can hardly wait to get my hands on some.

[longri]

By the way, the top chocolate bar (winner) cocoa beans were sourced from Mexico: http://www.internationalchocolateawards ... ners-2016/
Can hardly wait to get my hands on some.

Maverick, how do you get your hands on that chocolate?
Ordering directly from France would cost about $45 for one 100g bar.

By the way, last weekend I melted some milk chocolate and 70% dark chocolate. Although my methods were crude I couldn't really tell the difference between their melting points. They both softened and started to liquefy in the neighborhood of 33°C. Then I ate the results of my experiment.

[maverick]

Maverick, how do you get your hands on that chocolate?
Ordering directly from France would cost about $45 for one 100g bar.

http://cocoarunners.com/shop/bonnat-selva-maya/

[longri]

Maverick, how do you get your hands on that chocolate?
Ordering directly from France would cost about $45 for one 100g bar.

http://cocoarunners.com/shop/bonnat-selva-maya/

Thanks. That's still expensive to buy one at a time ($25) but starting to get a bit more reasonable if you buy a bunch of stuff.

I'll bet you have a lot of chocolate at home. :-)

[maverick]

No, not at all, especially these past few months since I have been eating mostly 100% chocolates, much more intense cocoa flavor, and no sugar at all.

[maverick]

Try these guys in about 4-6 weeks they should have it in by then, have purchased a lot of chocolate from them over the years and they carry quality products and have good customer service too.
https://www.chocosphere.com/default/bra ... entage=132

[longri]

I'll check them later but if that chocolate bar you linked is typical for shipping from that site it's still well over $20 for 100g of chocolate. And if I buy six bars the shipping is actually more expensive than the U.K. site.

If that's the way it is buying chocolate online I'll stick with what's available locally or what I can find when traveling.