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(Alex Rast) wrote in
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> at Wed, 12 May 2004 15:29:50 GMT in
> >, 28762153
> @tmicha.net (Demetrius Zeluff) wrote :
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(Alex Rast) wrote in
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>>> at Tue, 11 May 2004 16:24:52 GMT in
>>> >, 28762153
>>> @tmicha.net (Demetrius Zeluff) wrote :
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>>[snip]
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>>>>Waitrose in Cheltenham sells Michel Cluziel,...
>>> Blue border to the entire wrapper = Ilha Toma (excellent)
>>> or Hacienda Tamarina (very good)
>>
>>It was Hacienda Tamarina. It's the best chocolate I've had so far.
>>I'm working my way through them.
>>
>>> Orange border to the entire wrapper = Hacienda Concepcion
>>> (excellent)
>>
>>This is the other one I tried. I didn't like it a as much as Hacienda
>>Tamarina, I think because of the texture.
>
> I haven't detected any discernible differences in the texture between
> either bar. What did you find to be different texturally?

If I hold a chunk at the roof of my mouth and allow it to melt, witha bit
of pressure from my tongue, the chocolate goes 'buttery', that's the best
I can describe it.

> Perchance did the surface of the Hacienda Concepcion bar look very
> slightly whitish or greyish

[snip bloom]

Oh no! I should say that it was excellent chocolate, probably amoung the
best I've tried, but if I had to pick one of the two Cluziel bars I'd
pick the other one.