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Walter Ian Kaye
 
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In article <3f86e4ba@hughey>,
wrote:

> --
> On 10 Oct 2003 07:34:29 -0700, (Lorna Kelleher)
> wrote ...
>
>
(Frida) wrote in message news
> >. ..
>
> > > I want to know how many different kinds of chocolat that exists?

>
> Oooh so many and chocolate from different regions is mixed to make
> the taste of each brand except for special case where a chocolate
> is made from one variety from one region.
>
>
> > > Which
> > > one is the most popular kind; the light chocolat or the dark
> > > chocolate?

> >
> > Milk chocolate is definitely the most popular type of chocolate, with
> > Cadbury being the most popular brand followed by Mars and Nestle.
> > I love chocolate and milk chocolate is the best!!!

>
> I am glad to read that you like chocolate candy but that is
> what you are talking about. Popularity is not a good guide to
> the best of chocolate and until you have tasted a wide variety of
> the chocolate available you have little idea of what you like
> besides sweet and chocolate.
>
> You might find that eventually you prefer barely sweetened
> bitter-sweet chocolate.


True. Like I prefer red miso to the wimpy white miso. :-)
(miso::chocolate is one of my favorite analogies.)

And it does vary by manufacturer. One mfr's bittersweet may taste more
bitter, while another mfr's bittersweet does not.

> But until you have tried it and other forms of chocolate you
> don't have adequate standards for comparison. That may take you
> some time.


My favorite dark chocolate is from Guittard.
Dove Dark uses Cocoapro, which is twice as beneficial as other types,
according to a Prevention Magazine article (available online).

> I remember the many years when Hershey bars and
> kisses dominated my experience of chocolate. Then I got lucky
> and found out that I shouldn't have anything to do with cows
> milk. I had to eat non-milk chocolate or go without chocolate.
> I rapidly found Hershey had wasted a lot of my time. I even got
> to the point where I could eat completely un-sweetened chocolate
> for the chocolate. But I prefer a nice 70% bar these day with
> the occasional excursion into little Sharfen-Berger niblet bars
> where you can grind the cocoa niblets between your teeth. That
> is chocolate.


Mmmm... their mocha niblet bars are to die for. Wowza!


-boo
 
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