Experiences in the world of fine chocolate
There is fine chocolate made out of quality cacao beans. There is Single Origin chocolate, made of cacao grown in specific countries and then you have Single Estate chocolate, made of beans grown on a specific plantations. Valrhona’s El Pedegral is such a single estate grand cru. Even more, it’s a chocolate made with the […]
Continue ReadingToday I received a very special gift. Our “little” girl came home with a very special father’s day gift. The day itself is tomorrow, but as we will be visiting our own dads, she insisted on already giving it to me. And what a surprise it was! She offered me a golden star-shaped box she […]
Continue ReadingWhat better thing to do during a lunch break when no colleagues are around and you’re all alone in the office? Posting a chocolate review I’d say, don’t you think? Even at work I like a piece of chocolate from time to time and though I don’t bring the really nice ones in, I search […]
Continue ReadingAfter I’ve tasted the Pacari Raw, I gathered 100% chocolate would be a bridge to far for me. I do appreciate the magnificent aromas present, but it’s to in your face tastewise, I didn’t see myself going to the cupboard and choose a piece of 100% above any of the other nice chocolate I have […]
Continue ReadingYou can’t buy just one chocolate bar… so last time I visited Lidle, I bought the 81% Arriba Superior and this one… An orange filled dark bar. Because I know my wife likes it. And when it was time to review the bar (two weeks later), I noticed almost half a bar was already missing. […]
Continue ReadingAnd she dangled the deep red package in front of my nose… women, don’t you love them? Ever since I got hold of the 60% and 70% origin chocolate of JD Gross, I searched every Lidl to find the illusive 81% Arriba Superieur. But it was always sold out. Last week I went shopping with […]
Continue ReadingAnd Belgium produces the best chocolate in the world. For years I’ve believed this line. After all, our bulk chocolate is pretty good compared to the sweet stuff mixed with vegetable fats they like to call “chocolate” abroad, but still. It’s only once you discover the really good chocolate, you’ll start to see how false […]
Continue ReadingSo we finally meet, i whispered softly. It responded by utter silence, either ignoring me or was it already looking forward to what was to come? Hard to tell. I’ve dreamt about this moment, lived through it a thousand times in my mind. It could all turn for the worst in a second, or for […]
Continue ReadingIn this time of the year, we Belgians get smothered in Easter chocolate. Yet even the dark variety is just sweet as hell. When you turn back to the “real” chocolate as I discovered it lately, it’s just like a breath of fresh air in a damped room. Makes me really appreciate the true tastes […]
Continue ReadingGerman chocolate, there used to be a time when I laughed at the idea. Now I know better. On the internet I noticed some buzz about products from the J.D. Gross line, sold at the Lidl supermarkets. Now Lidl is known for low price-no frill stores so one would hardly expect to find Single Origin […]
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