How to taste chocolate

Tasting Chocolate has many similarities to tasting wine
 and coffee.

Here is the nuts and bolts :

You need to use nearly all your senses, so other activities that help you fine tune them could be worthwhile.

Look
You need to observe the colour and sheen of your chocolate.
Quality chocolate will be smooth and dark not dull and mottled.

Listen
When you break off a piece, you should hear a nice snap.

Touch
How does your chocolate feel?
It might be smooth, sticky or grainy.

Taste
Put a piece in your mouth - NO don't chew it up and swallow!
Break it up and let it melt.
You want to take notice of the texture, aromas and flavours.
- is it creamy or dry; intense or subtle?
- can you detect acidity, astringency or bitterness?
- do you notice floral or fruity notes; cacao or coffee; nuts, other flavours?
- how do all the characteristics change over the time it takes you to consume the chocolate?

The Most Important Bit
Did you enjoy it?

What Next
Let us know your favorites so that we can try and incorporate them into our members packs (if they are up to our high quality requirements).

Enjoy!

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