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I just found a bar of belgium chocolate that is 86% cocoa. The highest I seen before is 70%. I had to buy it and see what it's like. Before I open it, I was just wondering if anyone else has tried 86% chocolate or higher and what they thought of it.

I've had 95% cocoa chocolate. It's really bitter. I've decided 70% is my limit.

Edit: 'really' is too weak a word. It's extraordinarily bitter.

I just found a bar of belgium chocolate that is 86% cocoa. The highest I seen before is 70%. I had to buy it and see what it's like. Before I open it, I was just wondering if anyone else has tried 86% chocolate or higher and what they thought of it.

86%? Jesus...I only like White and Milk Chocolate. Dark chocolate is just too bitter for me to like.

I have a block of 85% cocoa chocolate sitting on my desk right now.

The only reason it is still sitting on my desk and not eaten is because I dislike dark chocolate.

I have a block of 85% cocoa chocolate sitting on my desk right now.

The only reason it is still sitting on my desk and not eaten is because I dislike dark chocolate.

You could sell it. Might make a few [Insert currency here] for it.

Don't get me started on white chocolate. :p

I love dark chocolate. But I think 70% is plenty. *nod*

I have a block of 85% cocoa chocolate sitting on my desk right now.

The only reason it is still sitting on my desk and not eaten is because I dislike dark chocolate.
Ooooh, send it to me, send it to me!!!
I love high-cocoa chocolate. 70%, 85%, I love the stuff. Mmmmm...
Grrr...I'm sitting in the library, intending on writing an essay, and instead you make me want 85% cocoa chocolate. Bastard.

I felt like Charlie when I was openning it. I did actually spend a while just looking at it in its foil wrapper. How sad am I?

I do like it though, and it goes well with a black coffee sweetened with honey. Nice contrast.

At a certain point, you might as well just eat pure cocoa powder..

You could sell it. Might make a few [Insert currency here] for it.

Hmmm.

Ooooh, send it to me, send it to me!!!
I love high-cocoa chocolate. 70%, 85%, I love the stuff. Mmmmm...
Grrr...I'm sitting in the library, intending on writing an essay, and instead you make me want 85% cocoa chocolate. Bastard.

Hmmm. I'm sure we can work something out, if you get my drift...

I just found a bar of belgium chocolate that is 86% cocoa. The highest I seen before is 70%. I had to buy it and see what it's like. Before I open it, I was just wondering if anyone else has tried 86% chocolate or higher and what they thought of it.
Ha, how fitting. Last night my sister called and told me she had found 99% cocoa chocolate! Sold as bars half the size of a usual bar and about 4 times more expensive... Now, her husband loves dark chocolate, it's the only kind he eats. The chocolate actually came with a "description for use", telling you to not eat more than 1 piece at a time and to not chew it but let it slowly dissolve in your mouth, preferrably while drinking coffee or wine. She did that and said it tasted really good. Now her husband of course just grabbed three pieces, stuffed them in his mouth, and started chewing. And it was horrible. I don't know if anybody remembers the "Schweppes face", but I guess it was worse than that. Just really, really bitter and terrible.


Anyway, I had 86% percent chocolate, and it was actually one of the few times that I liked dark chocolate, but that was just becasue that specific brand has a way to still taste sweet and chocolate-y. Usually, dark chcocolate is the only kind of chocolate to survive in my appartment. I don't like it and it doesn't satisfy my chocolate cravings, either.

85%!? Good grief... I absolutely can't stand Bitter/Dark Chocolade, and I'm not too fond of milk chocolade either.
I rteally like White Chocolade though.

Hmmm. I'm sure we can work something out, if you get my drift...
I'll pay for half the postage. That's it. Maybe not even that. A quarter. Deal? :)

Yeah, my dad eats 86% chocolate all the time, and he hardly ever gets any sleep. We think he has an addiction. We're organizing an intervention.

86% cocoa? Jesus fucking christ, that's overkill.

I'll pay for half the postage. That's it. Maybe not even that. A quarter. Deal? :)

lol. How about you post me a 65daysofstatic CD and it's yours, plus a couple of random extras. :p

Yeah, my dad eats 86% chocolate all the time, and he hardly ever gets any sleep. We think he has an addiction. We're organizing an intervention.
Is it right to interfere in the cultures of others? What right do we have to be the 'policeman' of the world? Yes, he might be in difficulty, but that does not justify an intervention.

I think a careful programme of sanctions and isolation over a period of decades will do much better.

Okay, I feel a bit humilated now for not being very dark chocolate aware.

Personally, I can't stand white chocolate. It has no cocoa mass in it. What's the point? Whether I prefer milk chocolate or dark chocolate depends on my mood. And in my opinion no chocolate should ever be chewed, it's just so much better when you slowly melt it on your tongue.

Maybe it's time to open that bottle of mead I've been saving for a 'special ocassion'. A special ocassion for me is probably nothing short of... say the second coming of Christ.

Anyway... Mmm... honey alcoholy goodness mixed with dark chocoloatly goodness.

It's coming all the rage now. The pouncy supermarket near me has a range of chocolates going from 40% up to 88% dark. There's about 10 choices there.
I like it personally, but it definitely is an acquired taste. Something you work your way up to.
Similarly I wouldn't recommend someone starting on wine to try a Syrah/Shiraz first off. Go for the sweeter wines/chocolate before working your way to the delicious bitter ones.

There's been lots of research as of late about the goof qualities in chocolate. The flavonoidswhich have great antioxidant properties, as well as dopamine stimulation, are in the dark matter. Hence the push recently by choc companies to pump out bitter chocs.

Find by me. It's always nice to find out that a pasttime is actually good for you.

So eat up! Every bite is protecting you from cancer, and making you feel lovely all over.

i have seen 95% in Switzer land but i only eat white or milk

lol. How about you post me a 65daysofstatic CD and it's yours, plus a couple of random extras. :p
Hmmm...that would involve me having spare CDs...(which admittedly I do, but not of their albums). They might get released over there soon; they were released in Japan a couple of weeks ago.

I've had 95% cocoa chocolate. It's really bitter. I've decided 70% is my limit.

Edit: 'really' is too weak a word. It's extraordinarily bitter.
I know what you mean. I've had 100% pure cocoa almost straight from the tree (they sell them in 1Kg bars in Tabasco) and it's unbelievably bitter. You are supposed to make hot chocolate and candy with it, though.

all I can get here is usually nasty regular chocolate or 50%-60% dark. I won't eat anything that's below 60%. Sometimes I can get 70%. It's much better, but still not nearly enough! Where can I get some of your treasured 86% chocolate? And don't even get me started on white chocolate...how is that even considered chocolate? Or edibile either :(

Hmmm...that would involve me having spare CDs...(which admittedly I do, but not of their albums). They might get released over there soon; they were released in Japan a couple of weeks ago.

Curses. TG me a postal address anyway, if you like. I might be feeling generous when i'm near a post office next.

When I buy chocolate bars, it doesn't even say what % cocoa they are. :?

Although I love milk chocolate, so I don't know how much I'd get along with these dark chocolates...

When I buy chocolate bars, it doesn't even say what % cocoa they are. :?

Although I love milk chocolate, so I don't know how much I'd get along with these dark chocolates...

When they don't say what percentage of cocoa they have, you know you're getting the good stuff.

I like dark chocolate sometimes, but usually, it's way too bitter.

When they don't say what percentage of cocoa they have, you know you're getting the good stuff.
Spoken like a true chocolate addict.
"Oh man! It's 80% pure! That's the good stuff all right! Hook me up wit sum of dat!"

I have a block of 85% cocoa chocolate sitting on my desk right now.

The only reason it is still sitting on my desk and not eaten is because I dislike dark chocolate.
DUDE!!! I'll take it! *droollsss* I love dark chocolate. I don't like stuff that is too sweet. And I hate white chocolate. I'll even eat baker's chocolate. Well, more like lick and suck on a tiny peice for several hours... lol It is kind of bitter.

DUDE!!! I'll take it! *droollsss* I love dark chocolate. I don't like stuff that is too sweet. And I hate white chocolate. I'll even eat baker's chocolate. Well, more like lick and suck on a tiny peice for several hours... lol It is kind of bitter.

I'll trade for something.

(i'm serious too. It's just going to sit here uneaten otherwise :p)

I know what you mean. I've had 100% pure cocoa almost straight from the tree (they sell them in 1Kg bars in Tabasco) and it's unbelievably bitter. You are supposed to make hot chocolate and candy with it, though.
MMMMMM Hot chocolate.....Just makes my eyes roll up in my head thinking about it... Hot chocolate from that is REALLLY good. You can sweeten to taste and make it hot milk chocolate if you wish. Yummy!

I'll trade for something.

(i'm serious too. It's just going to sit here uneaten otherwise :p)
Would you accept CD-Rs of 65daysofstatic's entire back catalogue?

When they don't say what percentage of cocoa they have, you know you're getting the good stuff.
Uh... I doubt that, usually I just buy the chocolate from the vending machines on campus... while it is good, it's not high quality sort of stuff that I'd spend a fortune on.

I like dark chocolate sometimes, but usually, it's way too bitter.
Yeah, I always need a huge glass of milk after having some dark chocolate.

Would you accept CD-Rs of 65daysofstatic's entire back catalogue?

Yeah, sure. :p

(can anyone top that? :D)

Yeah, sure. :p

(can anyone top that? :D)
Only if someone's willing to buy you the CDs. ;)

I'm a little bit obsessive about that band...can you tell?

Hmm, what are cocoa solids? You know they always say minimum *% cocoa solids. Is it like the total of cocoa mass and cocoa butter?

Only if someone's willing to buy you the CDs. ;)

I'm a little bit obsessive about that band...can you tell?

Meh, nothing wrong with being obsessive about bands. *hugs his Kyuss collection* :p

Yeah, sure. :p

(can anyone top that? :D)
Sure, how about a Keane CD in mint condition? :p

Sure, how about a Keane CD in mint condition? :p

Mint condition? What, no coffee stains on it yet?

Meh, nothing wrong with being obsessive about bands. *hugs his Kyuss collection* :p
You think? Spending £156 on copy #1 of their most recent single? My girlfriend thinks I should stop spending so much money on them.

Up to around 70% is nice. Above that it gets a bit... sooty. At that strength you have to eat it in teeny tiny pieces.

Mint condition? What, no coffee stains on it yet?
Well, I said mint, so mint (http://helloyvetty.blogspot.com/mocha.jpg)it is. Really now, you think I'd screw you over?

At a certain point, you might as well just eat pure cocoa powder..


Funny you should mention that. It just so happens that I'm having my daily dose of cocoa powder as I'm typing. It's my favourite way to eat chocolate --- none of the garbage like sugar and fillers you get in the cheap and nasty stuff.

Bliss.

You think? Spending £156 on copy #1 of their most recent single? My girlfriend thinks I should stop spending so much money on them.

That's a little excessive, but eh, each to their own.

If I count how much i've spent on Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age stuff...and even more on Nirvana stuff....it'd add up to be quite a bit, too. *shrugs*

Actually, now I think about that, that's pretty sad. Ahhh, consumerism. It's eating my brain. The sad thing is, if I had $1000 free to spend, i'd have to restrain myself from wiping it out on vinyl singles etc. from those bands.

Sigh.

Ahh, the life of the new-proletariat, no? :p (At least I can recognise the hypocrisy, I suppose.)

Okay, I feel a bit humilated now for not being very dark chocolate aware.

Personally, I can't stand white chocolate. It has no cocoa mass in it. What's the point? Whether I prefer milk chocolate or dark chocolate depends on my mood. And in my opinion no chocolate should ever be chewed, it's just so much better when you slowly melt it on your tongue.

Maybe it's time to open that bottle of mead I've been saving for a 'special ocassion'. A special ocassion for me is probably nothing short of... say the second coming of Christ.

Anyway... Mmm... honey alcoholy goodness mixed with dark chocoloatly goodness.


It's obscene even calling white choc- cho- ch-ch-choc --- I can't do it! --- calling that white stuff "chocolate". Like making some kind of frozen sludge out of vegetable oils and fiber glass and calling it "ice cream".

Cocoa, on the other hand, well, the only other substance in the world that shares its lofty pinnacle of excellence is coffee. Black, strong and rich. Ahhh...!

isn't 95% basically cooking chocolate? that stuff is nasty.

isn't 95% basically cooking chocolate? that stuff is nasty.
No! As far as I know (and certainly as far as I've been able to tell from tasting it) cooking chocolate is mainly characterized by the special kind of fat they out into it. I'm thinking it would probably be palm or coconut oil/fat, but I don't know and can't be bothered to look it up.

But the higher percentage of cocoa does not make chocolate into cooking chocolate! God, the connoisseurs might rip you to shreds for even insinuating somehting like that. (I won't, though, because I don't like dark chocolate, so eh.) :p

isn't 95% basically cooking chocolate? that stuff is nasty.


QUIZ-TIME!

Q: What do you have when you have 95% chocolate?

The clock is ticking, so get your answers in before time is up.

QUIZ-TIME!

Q: What do you have when you have 95% chocolate?

The clock is ticking, so get your answers in before time is up.


I nearly forgot: the winner gets a prize of something chocolate, of course.

This contest will be over before you know it, so get your answers IN!

Q: What do you have when you have 95% chocolate?


I have 95% chocolate, of course.

QUIZ-TIME!

Q: What do you have when you have 95% chocolate?

The clock is ticking, so get your answers in before time is up.
5% others?

5% others?

I'm convinced that my answer is right.

He asked "what do you have when you have 95% chocolate?"

I have 95% chocolate, of course. What else would I have? He just told me I have 95% chocolate.

... and, time is UP!

The question in today's QUIZ-TIME was: "What do you have when you have 95% chocolate?"

We've had a lot of good answers, and a big thank you to everyone who joined in, and to all of you at home who phoned and e-mailed, but I'm sorry that although you all tried so hard and came up with good answers, no one came up with the right answer.

The correct answer to today's QUIZ-TIME question is:





*drum-roll continues and builds*





*cymbals crash*

... NOT ENOUGH CHOCOLATE!!!

Thanks again to everybody who participated. Because today's prize was not won, it will roll over and be added to the next QUIZ-TIME prize!

So remember ...
"you never know if, you never know when, you never know where,
you only know that when you least expect it, QUIZ-TIME will be there!"

Be lucky! See you next time!

I'll trade for something.

(i'm serious too. It's just going to sit here uneaten otherwise :p)
*sigh* I ain't got nuthin' to trade. Other than my opinions of course. ;)

... and, time is UP!

The question in today's QUIZ-TIME was: "What do you have when you have 95% chocolate?"

We've had a lot of good answers, and a big thank you to everyone who joined in, and to all of you at home who phoned and e-mailed, but I'm sorry that although you all tried so hard and came up with good answers, no one came up with the right answer.

The correct answer to today's QUIZ-TIME question is:





*drum-roll continues and builds*





*cymbals crash*

... NOT ENOUGH CHOCOLATE!!!

Thanks again to everybody who participated. Because today's prize was not won, it will roll over and be added to the next QUIZ-TIME prize!

So remember ...
"you never know if, you never know when, you never know where,
you only know that when you least expect it, QUIZ-TIME will be there!"

Be lucky! See you next time!

My answer was right, though. You said so yourself.

"... Great show, everybody, great show! I can't believe nobody guessed the answer though! Too much literal thinking, not enough chocolate, I guess!"

"... funny boss, funny, but what are we REALLY going to do with today's prize? You know we can't have rollover prizes."

"... what if we ...?"

"Don't worry, we won't have a rollover. I'm just going to have to sit here and eat all that cocoa now, so it doesn't get mislaid or thrown out by accident. Just hand me that box and my sterling silver cocoa-eating spoon, and leave me alone for a half-hour or so... Go on! Go! NOW!"



"...sheesh! he could at least share..."

"...if you knew him better you'd know he never shares cocoa. If anyone HAD gotten the right answer, you know what he would have done? He'd have made US buy the cocoa to give away, and he'd still have kept the prize for himself. He's done it before ..."

My answer was right, though. You said so yourself.


*mmffmfmfmfmffmmmfggg swallow* What?! No, no no! Not "right", not at all! I never said it was "right"! I just said it was "good"! Like the other "good" answers we had --- all good answers, good tries indeed, but not "right". Oh, no, not that, certainly not!

YOU are the one who said you're convinced you were right, not I, oh, no-no-no-no-no!

Currently my limit is 82% which does take some getting used to but once you have anything below 50% tastes like candy and not chocolate! If you've not had and like 70-75% I would say hold off because it might turn you off from it.

Cheers

I bought a "dark" chocolate bar a few months ago, because I heard it's better for you...
Alas, it follows the usual rule: the better it is for you, the worse it tastes.
I still ate it all... but it wasn't really satisfying, and took me a while to finish.

https://www.lindt.de/isroot/lindt4all/ImagesOnline/excellence_liebhaber3_gr.jpg

85% - Pfft. Try the 99% one.

70-90% is the usual for me. Anything less isn't chocolate, anything more isn't candy.

White chocolate is okay, but it's a candy of itself.

I had 90% in France, and it totally rocked my socks. I had just come from Spain, where the pathetic excuse they had for chocolate was sometimes about 25% cocoa.
I love dark chocolate!

https://www.lindt.de/isroot/lindt4all/ImagesOnline/excellence_liebhaber3_gr.jpg

85% - Pfft. Try the 99% one.
Ooh, you have Lindt in Sweden? Good for you. :) But good for me, too, because that pictures is proof that my sister was actually telling the truth about those "99%". When I was typing it out earlier, some doubts crept in...

But yeah, the only one in that picture I'd like to have is the blue milk chocolate one, so I'll leave the killer 99% to you guys.

The 85% lindt stuff is very good if you like dark chocolate, so I imagine that 86% won't be terrifying. As for that almost pure cocoa/cacao mix...I'd like to try it.

Don't get me started on white chocolate. :p


I know, he sucks. Can't get up court without jacking up a three and he shoots them in the low 30% range. He's a point guard. He should think pass way before he thinks shoot.

Ooh, you have Lindt in Sweden?

Of course we have. Too bad it sucks. I much prefer domestic chocolate.

Of course we have. Too bad it sucks. I much prefer domestic chocolate.
I was going to make a disparaging remark, but the only Swedish chocolate I know is actually the Marabu brand they sell at IKEA (http://www.glarkware.com/securestore/c181845p16493131.2.html) and that's actually pretty good.

I was going to make a disparaging remark, but the only Swedish chocolate I know is actually the Marabu brand they sell at IKEA (http://www.glarkware.com/securestore/c181845p16493131.2.html) and that's actually pretty good.

http://hacked.free-bsd.org/funstuff/marabou.jpg

Bajs means poop.

http://hacked.free-bsd.org/funstuff/marabou.jpg

Bajs means poop.
What a surprise... I had already written "but I bet you'll just tell me that no self-respecting Swede would touch Marabu with a ten-foot pole", but then I deleted it again, not least because "touch" and "ten-foot pole" in one sentence would really have made it entirely too easy for you.

Silly me. :p

What a surprise... I had already written "but I bet you'll just tell me that no self-respecting Swede would touch Marabu with a ten-foot pole", but then I deleted it again, not least because "touch" and "ten-foot pole" in one sentence would really have made it entirely too easy for you.

Silly me. :p

Oh, on the contrary, Marabou is very popular here. And it is good. I was just being better than you, because, you know, it's me.

dark chocolate aint my thing. Milk chocolate however, is the way to go.

I was just being better than you, because, you know, it's me. I couldn't have said it better. :rolleyes: :p

I couldn't have said it better.

Precisely.

https://www.lindt.de/isroot/lindt4all/ImagesOnline/excellence_liebhaber3_gr.jpg

85% - Pfft. Try the 99% one.

Great, you found it!!

I tried it once. Something so chocolateful must be toxic!!

https://www.lindt.de/isroot/lindt4all/ImagesOnline/excellence_liebhaber3_gr.jpg

85% - Pfft. Try the 99% one.


Ahh! 99%. Now we need legislation to require at least one store in every town and city must keep these in stock. High-octane chocolate is too hard to find if you travel a lot.

Milk chocolate FTW!:D

Dark chocolate FTL! :(

I'd like to say that there's no such thing as white chocolate, because it doesn't contain cocoa.

I know, he sucks. Can't get up court without jacking up a three and he shoots them in the low 30% range. He's a point guard. He should think pass way before he thinks shoot.

Word. :)

This reminds me of when in kindergarten our teacher gave us all pieces of baking chocolate, don't know what % that is, but I still remember that it was horribly bitter.

*mmffmfmfmfmffmmmfggg swallow* What?! No, no no! Not "right", not at all! I never said it was "right"! I just said it was "good"! Like the other "good" answers we had --- all good answers, good tries indeed, but not "right". Oh, no, not that, certainly not!

YOU are the one who said you're convinced you were right, not I, oh, no-no-no-no-no!

But it's true. You said that I have 95% chocolate, and then you asked me what I had. I have 95% chocolate, of course.

Ooh, you have Lindt in Sweden? Good for you. :) But good for me, too, because that pictures is proof that my sister was actually telling the truth about those "99%". When I was typing it out earlier, some doubts crept in...

But yeah, the only one in that picture I'd like to have is the blue milk chocolate one, so I'll leave the killer 99% to you guys.

Actually, that's the brand I have on my desk. The 85% one. I got given that and the blue milk one. The blue milk one was awesome, and was devoured quite quickly. I still have the empty packet. It makes me hungry when I look at it. It mocks me with its emptiness...grr.

But it's true. You said that I have 95% chocolate, and then you asked me what I had. I have 95% chocolate, of course.
...


You're forgetting that the fine print of the game-rules explicitly state that the answers to our questions can't be the question itself. Ignorance of the rules is no excuse.

And as you can see, the question had an answer: "not enough chocolate".

We're sorry but the decision of the judges is final. But thank you for playing, and we hope to see you again for the next time we play QUIZ-TIME!

You're forgetting that the fine print of the game-rules explicitly state that the answers to our questions can't be the question itself. Ignorance of the rules is no excuse.

And as you can see, the question had an answer: "not enough chocolate".

We're sorry but the decision of the judges is final. But thank you for playing, and we hope to see you again for the next time we play QUIZ-TIME!

That's bullshit. You're a fraud and you know it. My answer was correct.

That's bullshit. You're a fraud and you know it. My answer was correct.
It may be correct, but that doesn't make it right.

I'd like to say that there's no such thing as white chocolate, because it doesn't contain cocoa.It's made from cocoa beans though..

I love dark chocolate and cooking chocolate. I don't know what percentages they are, but yea.. Really good.

It may be correct, but that doesn't make it right.

Why not? :p

Actually, that's the brand I have on my desk. The 85% one. I got given that and the blue milk one. The blue milk one was awesome, and was devoured quite quickly. I still have the empty packet. It makes me hungry when I look at it. It mocks me with its emptiness...grr.
Whoa, Lindt is everywhere! :eek: It's like they've taken over the world all stealthily.

And I could totally point out that, to solve your terrible chocolate dilemma, you could either go out and buy another one or, even simpler and certainly cheaper, throw away the empty wrapper.

But I won't. :p

Whoa, Lindt is everywhere! :eek: It's like they've taken over the world all stealthily.

And I could totally point out that, to solve your terrible chocolate dilemma, you could either go out and buy another one or, even simpler and certainly cheaper, throw away the empty wrapper.

But I won't. :p

I think it's expensive, so eh.

I'm tempted to eat the dark chocolate. Hmm.

I think it's expensive, so eh.

I'm tempted to eat the dark chocolate. Hmm.
Nooooo!!! You said you'd send it to me! :(

Why not? :p
The Rules. That's Rules, with a capital R. The immutable Rules of the Omniverse.

I think it's expensive, so eh.
Well, it's not THAT expensive. Unless, of course, they're royally screwing over the Aussies. :D

I'm tempted to eat the dark chocolate. Hmm.
I wouldn't recommend it. Seriously.

I've caved a couple of times in moments of darkest despair, and let me tell you - it's not worth it.

1) It doesn't taste good.
2) It doesn't taste like chocolate is supposed to taste.
3) It doesn't taste good.
4) It's not even really sweet.
5) It doesn't taste good.
6) It will not satisfy your craving for chocolate.
7) It doesn't taste good.

Which, in effect, means that you'll eat the whole damn thing on your quest to find the ultimate chocolate satisfaction, alas, your quest shall be in vain.

That almost made me sad. :(

I've caved a couple of times in moments of darkest despair, and let me tell you - it's not worth it.

1) It doesn't taste good.
2) It doesn't taste like chocolate is supposed to taste.
3) It doesn't taste good.
4) It's not even really sweet.
5) It doesn't taste good.
6) It will not satisfy your craving for chocolate.
7) It doesn't taste good.

1) You're wrong.
2) Yes, it does. Milk chocolate doesn't taste how chocolate is meant to taste.
3) You're wrong.
4) Chocolate is meant to be bitter.
5) You're wrong.
6) You're craving the wrong type of chocolate.
7) You're wrong.

Nooooo!!! You said you'd send it to me! :(

Do you seriously want it? Give me an address and i'll send it off where it shall no longer tempt me.


I wouldn't recommend it. Seriously.

I've caved a couple of times in moments of darkest despair, and let me tell you - it's not worth it.


I know. And I know I'd probably dislike it, but i've never had it that strong before either, so...

Bah. I might as well eat cocoa powder from the tin if i'm going to do that.

Pah.. 86%..

Did try 98% cocoa solid chocolate once that I bought in France..

Very astringent and with the most intense flavour you could ever think of..

One small piece was all you needed, after that there was no point eating any more as the flavour and feeling didn't leave your mouth for ages afterwards..

Do you seriously want it? Give me an address and i'll send it off where it shall no longer tempt me.



I know. And I know I'd probably dislike it, but i've never had it that strong before either, so...

Bah. I might as well eat cocoa powder from the tin if i'm going to do that.
Well, if you don't mind the cost...
Free chocolate! :D

1) You're wrong.
2) Yes, it does. Milk chocolate doesn't taste how chocolate is meant to taste.
3) You're wrong.
4) Chocolate is meant to be bitter.
5) You're wrong.
6) You're craving the wrong type of chocolate.
7) You're wrong.

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/sad006.gif

6) You're craving the wrong type of chocolate.There is no wrong type of chocolate. You just keep to your kind, and I'll keep to mine. Look at the bright side, you don't have to ever worry about me eating your chocolate.

4) Chocolate is meant to be bitter.Yes, and spicy, and vanillaly, and it should be liquid.
At least if we go by the old central american standards. But I'm sure that's not what you mean it's meant to taste like.

2) Yes, it does. Milk chocolate doesn't taste how chocolate is meant to taste.And neither does dark chocolate, or any chocolate as it's sold.
Frankly, it's probably better to accept there is no one way it is 'meant' to taste.

There is no wrong type of chocolate. You just keep to your kind, and I'll keep to mine. Look at the bright side, you don't have to ever worry about me eating your chocolate.
No bugger's ever going to eat my chocolate.

Yes, and spicy, and vanillaly, and it should be liquid.
At least if we go by the old central american standards. But I'm sure that's not what you mean it's meant to taste like.
Mmmm...I've had chocolatl, and it's lovely.

And neither does dark chocolate, or any chocolate as it's sold.
Frankly, it's probably better to accept there is no one way it is 'meant' to taste.
I'd say the way it tastes best is the way it's meant to taste, so dark chocolate is the way it's meant to taste....

I'd say the way it tastes best is the way it's meant to tasteI agree; however "the way it tastes best" is relative to who tastes it.

so dark chocolate is the way it's meant to taste.... ... to you.
It'd be a terrible waste if people had to eat chocolate they didn't like, so there's no sense in prescribing one kind.

Speaking of chocolate, I'll be chowing down on my 71% Ritter Sport now.

Well, if you don't mind the cost...
Free chocolate! :D

Sending a 100g block of chocolate? I could fit it in an envelope, probably. It wouldn't cost much.

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I've caved a couple of times in moments of darkest despair, and let me tell you - it's not worth it.

1) It doesn't taste good.
2) It doesn't taste like chocolate is supposed to taste.
3) It doesn't taste good.
4) It's not even really sweet.
5) It doesn't taste good.
6) It will not satisfy your craving for chocolate.
7) It doesn't taste good.

Which, in effect, means that you'll eat the whole damn thing on your quest to find the ultimate chocolate satisfaction, alas, your quest shall be in vain.

That almost made me sad. :(


[CHOCOLATE NAZI]
1), 3), 5), 7) YES IT DOES! It's a matter of taste and appreciation for the qualities that make chocolate distinct from other things.
2) "supposed to taste"?? Well, things are supposed to taste like themselves aren't they? Or are you appealing to some kind of transcendent purpose decreed by some kind of deity? Because if you are, the MesoAmerican original nations got there first. They had their cocoa drinks with things like spices, honey and even chilli, and I doubt they'd recognize all this sugar and milk used to pollute and dilute the taste nowadays.
4) If you want sweet, why are you wanting chocolate? Just eat a bowl of sugar or honey. You're not one of those people who goes to a foreign country with a different culture, and then wastes the trip complaining that the locals don't make all the same foods as you're used to back home, are you? :p
6) If eating a purer form of chocolate doesn't satisfy your craving for chocolate, then either what you're eating isn't pure enough or your craving is for something besides chocolate. Meh.

85% chocolate isn't that strong anyway, once you wean yourself away from the illusion of sugar. Now excuse me, I've got to stop and have my next injection of cacao. [/CHOCOLATE NAZI]

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Bah. I might as well eat cocoa powder from the tin if i'm going to do that.


Yes! Yes! Exactly! Tins of ecstasy, just waiting for you to enter into bliss!

Pah.. 86%..

Did try 98% cocoa solid chocolate once that I bought in France..

Very astringent and with the most intense flavour you could ever think of..

One small piece was all you needed, after that there was no point eating any more as the flavour and feeling didn't leave your mouth for ages afterwards..


Magnificent, isn't it? Completely magical experience.

[CHOCOLATE NAZI]< snip rant > [/CHOCOLATE NAZI]

There, there. *pats head*

It's all good. Here, have a piece of this delicious, creamy, supple, erotically melting milk chocolate. :)

No bugger's ever going to eat my chocolate.

...that's why I keep a pump-action shotgun with me and I've planted land-mines around my chocolate supplies.

Mmmm...I've had chocolatl, and it's lovely.

Agreed. A moving experience.

I'd say the way it tastes best is the way it's meant to taste, so dark chocolate is the way it's meant to taste....

I have a feeling you're someone I'd have to keep under armed escort if you ever visited my home. :D

Also, your name suggests an interesting way to keep my chocolate intake high enough, if only I could find a way to implant taste buds into my veins.

Yes! Yes! Exactly! Tins of ecstasy, just waiting for you to enter into bliss!

It tastes funny and my teeth hurt :(

It tastes funny and my teeth hurt :(
Aw, man, I told you not to do it!

See, that's what you get for not listening to my wise words. *nod*

I have a feeling you're someone I'd have to keep under armed escort if you ever visited my home. :D

Also, your name suggests an interesting way to keep my chocolate intake high enough, if only I could find a way to implant taste buds into my veins.
I am entirely trustworthy when I am around other people and their chocolate. When I'm just around their chocolate, it's another matter entirely. ;)

I don't think I'd advise injecting chocolate intravenously. It'd just clog up the needle.

It tastes funny and my teeth hurt :(


Don't worry, Kanabia, with a little help, you can be detoxed from over-sweet chocolate and liberated into the wonderful world of Intense Chocolate Bliss. As for your teeth, that's the damage done by years of eating all that sweetened chocolate. The less sugar in your chocolate the less damage is done. The good news is, once you get a dentist to repair the sugar-damage, dark chocolate won't cause more, and you'll still get your chocolate highs.

It's a win-win situation.

Aw, man, I told you not to do it!

See, that's what you get for not listening to my wise words. *nod*

Don't worry, Kanabia, with a little help, you can be detoxed from over-sweet chocolate and liberated into the wonderful world of Intense Chocolate Bliss. As for your teeth, that's the damage done by years of eating all that sweetened chocolate. The less sugar in your chocolate the less damage is done. The good news is, once you get a dentist to repair the sugar-damage, dark chocolate won't cause more, and you'll still get your chocolate highs.

It's a win-win situation.



No, no. I haven't touched the chocolate. That's for Stalin. The raw cocoa is what did it. :(

I got to get some of that stuff now ...

:D

No, no. I haven't touched the chocolate. That's for Stalin. The raw cocoa is what did it.
*Sigh*
I doesn't exactly take a rocket scientist to figure out that, when I say "Do not eat the Evil Dark Chocolate, it will only make you feel bad!", the notion of going ahead and actually eating raw cocoa powder out of the tin should have gone right out of the window that very same moment.


It's a win-win situation.
Yeah. Except it doesn't taste good. :p

No, no. I haven't touched the chocolate. That's for Stalin. The raw cocoa is what did it. :(
You should've mixed the cocoa with a little bit of milk. Makes it more palatable. You have a TG.

I am entirely trustworthy when I am around other people and their chocolate. When I'm just around their chocolate, it's another matter entirely. ;)

I don't think I'd advise injecting chocolate intravenously. It'd just clog up the needle.


No offence, but I still think I'd keep you under guard.

I guess the chocolate would have to be "cooked" in the fashion of certain other substances people inject when they're desperate. ;)

You should've mixed the cocoa with a little bit of milk. Makes it more palatable. You have a TG.if you add a bit more milk, and some sugar, and put it in the microwave, than add some whipped cream and optional marshmellow, you have some fine chocolate milk.

No, no. I haven't touched the chocolate. That's for Stalin. The raw cocoa is what did it. :(


There's a knack to eating raw cocoa powder, especially at first. I'm amazed you didn't choke. The trick is to dampen (don't wet) the powder with just enough water so you don't accidentally inhale the powder and choke on it. Then, take it into your mouth, spoon at a time, and hold it on your tongue so you salivate and begin to taste the complexity of the cocoa's flavours. Let the cocoa slip down your throat little be little after awhile. It's quite a meditative and sensuous experience once the newness of it wears off.

And for the sake of your teeth, see a dentist and have the sugar damage fixed.

*Sigh*
I doesn't exactly take a rocket scientist to figure out that, when I say "Do not eat the Evil Dark Chocolate, it will only make you feel bad!", the notion of going ahead and actually eating raw cocoa powder out of the tin should have gone right out of the window that very same moment.

Hahaha, I didn't actually eat it. Honestly, some people are too gullible and would be well advised to take some things I say with a grain of salt. *pokes*

Eating raw cocoa from the tin? How daft do you think I am?

How daft do you think I am?
More so than Pure Metal, not as much as Lunatic Goofballs. Easily enough for me to believe that you ate raw cocoa from a tin.

More so than Pure Metal, not as much as Lunatic Goofballs. Easily enough for me to believe that you ate raw cocoa from a tin.

Hmmm, that's fair enough then. OK, I have to live up to that, i'm going to do it.

Well, while it wasn't exactly a culinary wonder, it wasn't *that* bad. Certainly no worse than coffee from the tin.

Hahaha, I didn't actually eat it. Honestly, some people are too gullible and would be well advised to take some things I say with a grain of salt. *pokes*

Eating raw cocoa from the tin? How daft do you think I am?
*is not going to answer that... *

(I see I V Stalin already did. :p)


Hmmm, that's fair enough then. OK, I have to live up to that, i'm going to do it. Here's hoping: http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/merv/acid.gif

Well, while it wasn't exactly a culinary wonder, it wasn't *that* bad. Certainly no worse than coffee from the tin.
If you didn't think it was that bad, surely you could try some dark chocolate then? Of course, I don't think you should, as then I don't get free chocolate, but y'know, when you're next confronted by some dark chocolate in a shop, you could get some.

Hmmm, that's fair enough then. OK, I have to live up to that, i'm going to do it.


So you didn't really do it! Well, that explains why you didn't choke on the cocoa powder like a lot of first-timers do. I strongly suggest you read the safety hint in my post #116, just to be safe. And remember: don't use too much water. You just want the powder damp so it doesn't "blow around" in your mouth and throat.

So you didn't really do it! Well, that explains why you didn't choke on the cocoa powder like a lot of first-timers do. I strongly suggest you read the safety hint in my post #116, just to be safe. And remember: don't use too much water. You just want the powder damp so it doesn't "blow around" in your mouth and throat.

I didn't have a lot of it, just a taste on the end of a teaspoon, which i licked off with my tongue. It was strong, and not an altogether pleasant flavour at all (as well as having that nasty dry and incredibly dusty feeling that you allude to, but I didn't choke on it), but I occasionally eat raw coffee from the tin for a caffeine fix when short on time (sad, I know), so eh...it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought.

I didn't have a lot of it, just a taste on the end of a teaspoon. It was strong, and not an altogether pleasant flavour at all (as well as having that nasty dry and incredibly dusty feeling that you allude to, but I didn't choke on it), but I occasionally eat raw coffee from the tin for a caffeine fix when short on time (sad, I know), so eh...it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought.
Do you not have Pro Plus over there? Great for all-night essay writing. Take a couple of those bastards and you're definitely not sleeping until morning.

Do you not have Pro Plus over there? Great for all-night essay writing. Take a couple of those bastards and you're definitely not sleeping until morning.

Heh, well, I can get better stuff than that if I so desire...

...but I avoid that.

Hahaha, I didn't actually eat it. Honestly, some people are too gullible and would be well advised to take some things I say with a grain of salt. *pokes*

Eating raw cocoa from the tin? How daft do you think I am?

but I occasionally eat raw coffee from the tin for a caffeine fix when short on time (sad, I know)

^^
*points and coughs*

^^
*points and coughs*

That's not daft. Eating raw coffee from the tin has a purpose. In the "Ohshititishalfpastandiamgoingtomissmybusbutiamsoverytiredandnotimetomakeacupofcoffeefuckitilljusthav easpoonfromthetinkthxbye" way.

That's not daft. Eating raw coffee from the tin has a purpose. In the "Ohshititishalfpastandiamgoingtomissmybusbutiamsoverytiredandnotimetomakeacupofcoffeefuckitilljusthav easpoonfromthetinkthxbye" way.
Or you could just pop a caffeine pill...

Or you could just pop a caffeine pill...
No, that would be too daft, I bet. :rolleyes: :p

No, that would be too daft, I bet. :rolleyes: :p

No, I just don't have any and can't be bothered wasting money on it when there's instacoffee readily available.

(That, and pills are too handy. I'd probably end up using them all the time, and that would be bad.)

No, I just don't have any and can't be bothered wasting money on it when there's instacoffee readily available.)Oh, you're talking about instant coffee?! I thought you meant *real* ground coffee.

Oh, you're talking about instant coffee?! I thought you meant *real* ground coffee.

Oh, hell no! :p

I'm partial to chocolate coated coffee beans, though. Hmm...never tried eating them minus the chocolate...

I didn't read the whole thread, so if anyone else posted something similar, feel free to flamebait me rudely :p (I'm off for the weekend in an hour anyway :cool: )

I coincidentally just found a receipt for chocolate and this sounds so easy to me, that I will try it this weekend:

Here we go:

250 g coconut butter / oil
250 g powdered sugar
100 g cocoa

Melt the coconut butter / oil at low temperature
Mix in the powdered sugar. It has to be dissolved completely
Mix in the cocoa. Please still keep the temperature low.
(The fat will detach if too hot)

Pour the mixture into a capable dish and let it cool down.

Ready.
Enjoy.

It's the master-receipt with space for boatloads of variations.
Ideas anyone?

No, I just don't have any and can't be bothered wasting money on it when there's instacoffee readily available.

(That, and pills are too handy. I'd probably end up using them all the time, and that would be bad.)
Never had any bad effects on me...
>.>
<.<
None whatsoever.

I didn't read the whole thread, so if anyone else posted something similar, feel free to flamebait me rudely :p (I'm off for the weekend in an hour anyway :cool: )

I coincidentally just found a receipt for chocolate and this sounds so easy to me, that I will try it this weekend:

Here we go:

250 g coconut butter / oil
250 g powdered sugar
100 g cocoa

Melt the coconut butter / oil at low temperature
Mix in the powdered sugar. It has to be dissolved completely
Mix in the cocoa. Please still keep the temperature low.
(The fat will detach if too hot)

Pour the mixture into a capable dish and let it cool down.

Ready.
Enjoy.

It's the master-receipt with space for boatloads of variations.
Ideas anyone?
Two party-pooping points (and yay for needless alliterations!):

1) Where do you get coconut butter or oil? In the Free Stata of Bavaria, to boot. :p

2) I've never made chocolate myself, but I know from reading various chocolate-y recipes that "curing" chocolate (melting it and letting it cool again, which for some reason I can't remember is the prerequisite to do any desserts that are made out of (solid) chcocolate) is a pain in the ass, because it's really important to get the temperature just right so it doesn't dissolve into its various components (or something like that). So, by extension, this doesn't sound too easy to me, either.

But hey, when it turns out well, I'll totally have some. :p

Oh, hell no! :p
Pussy. :p

Pussy. :p

Hey, it's not like I do it for the taste. Is there a noticable caffeine difference between instant and ground coffee? I'm inclined to doubt it would be significant enough to notice...

Hey, it's not like I do it for the taste. Is there a noticable caffeine difference between instant and ground coffee? I'm inclined to doubt it would be significant enough to notice...

After about eight cups a day, eight days every week for three years straight you notice when you're not getting that full caff-flavour... ;)

Two party-pooping points (and yay for needless alliterations!):

1) Where do you get coconut butter or oil? In the Free Stata of Bavaria, to boot. :p

Well, as usual: I climb down the tree I live in, as soon as one of these trading caravans on their way to the Far East pass my forest, knock all of them out with my stone club and get their coconut butter. Easy, isn't it?

But hey, when it turns out well, I'll totally have some. :p
Ha! I thought as much! But after you figured out my high class ability to compose alliterations which are disguised for all philistines, I'll think it over :p

After about eight cups a day, eight days every week for three years straight you notice when you're not getting that full caff-flavour... ;)
Eight days a week? This isn't a Beatles' fan site, y'know. :rolleyes: ;)

Eight days a week? This isn't a Beatles' fan site, y'know. :rolleyes: ;)

You know those 'clock' and 'calendar' thingys? Well they mean NOTHING to me these days. That's the joy of working, like *giggles insanely,* however many days there are in a week these days... ;)

You know those 'clock' and 'calendar' thingys? Well they mean NOTHING to me these days. That's the joy of working, like *giggles insanely,* however many days there are in a week these days... ;)

Holy shit, I thought you'd left us for good.

Holy shit, I thought you'd left us for good.

Nope, I'm just like that VD you can't get rid of! ;)

No, I just don't have any and can't be bothered wasting money on it when there's instacoffee readily available.

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Ugh! "Instant coffee" is an abomination, like white "chocolate". And nothing like as much caffeine.

Try this instead:
When you're in too much hurry to make coffee, or just want a caffeine fix, go to the source. Go buy yourself a pound or so of strong dark roasted coffee beans, not ground, just beans. Pick up something nice; don't skimp. Then every night get yourself a few sandwich sized zip-lock bags, and put about 55 beans in each one (the approximate amount of coffee in a cup of espresso), seal them and put them in the fridge for morning. Every time you want to have coffee but can't stop, have one of those bags. Start by chewing 11 at a time, and you've had a cup of espresso in 5 mouthfuls. Soon you'll do it in 2. Nothing could be easier.

More so than Pure Metal, not as much as Lunatic Goofballs. Easily enough for me to believe that you ate raw cocoa from a tin.

Daft? DAFT?!? If stuffing a Hostess Cupcake into my pants is daft, then...

*blink*

You win this round! :p

More so than Pure Metal, not as much as Lunatic Goofballs. Easily enough for me to believe that you ate raw cocoa from a tin.
ooh ooh! i get a mention! *dances naked hula dance*

and on topic... yeah... i like chocolate. go chocolate!

While we're on the chocolate topic, I someimes eat the hot chocolate powder straight from the packet. Some people say it's digusting, but I enjoy it. Does anyone else eat the hot chocolate powder?

While we're on the chocolate topic, I someimes eat the hot chocolate powder straight from the packet. Some people say it's digusting, but I enjoy it. Does anyone else eat the hot chocolate powder?

Don't look at me like I have a catering sized container of it I eat raw... often...

While we're on the chocolate topic, I someimes eat the hot chocolate powder straight from the packet. Some people say it's digusting, but I enjoy it. Does anyone else eat the hot chocolate powder?

Heh, I used to do that all the time when I was younger. I also used to eat those Flintstones Complete vitamins...

...And I mean eat them. An entire bottle would be gone in like three days.

Ugh! "Instant coffee" is an abomination, like white "chocolate". And nothing like as much caffeine.

Pick up something nice; don't skimp.

Well, yes, yes, but we can't all afford lovely dry roasted beans and the like, sadly. I have better things to waste my money on. :p

86% cocoa? Jesus fucking christ, that's overkill.
There's no overkill where good chocolate is concerned.

I've never really understood why that white stuff is called 'chocolate'...

I regularly have 70% cocoa chocolate (Lindt is my choice) but I usually don't have more than that.

99% Cocoa is reguarly avalible here... it's good with an espresso or after a heavy meal...

Is Milk Chocolate not good enough for you people ?!? This is why [insert social problem here] is running rampant, you're constant lust for higher cocoa content, this makes me sick ! and slightly hungry, but mainly sick.

There's no overkill where good chocolate is concerned.

86% cocoa bars aren't good chocolate.

86% cocoa bars aren't good chocolate.
Yes they are. 85% is pretty much the ideal bar of chocolate - not too bitter, not too sweet. Mmmm...lovely.

Well, yes, yes, but we can't all afford lovely dry roasted beans and the like, sadly. I have better things to waste my money on. :p


I don't bother with alcohol, cigarettes, dope, and a number of other things that other people do, and my family is grown up and cost me very little. Coffee and chocolate are what I do instead, with the money I save on those other things. :cool:

Is Milk Chocolate not good enough for you people ?!? This is why [insert social problem here] is running rampant, you're constant lust for higher cocoa content, this makes me sick ! and slightly hungry, but mainly sick.


I'm sure you're wrong about that you know, I'm sure it's your lack of high-cocoa chocolate that's really making you sick.

Yes they are. 85% is pretty much the ideal bar of chocolate - not too bitter, not too sweet. Mmmm...lovely.


Great minds think alike. :D

It's weird usually i stick to milk chocolate, i hate 75% but i acctualy like 86%, it's just a bit bitterer then milk.

I try to avoid crappy, waxy chocolate if I can. I don’t mind spending a bit more to have a much better choco experience. As long as it’s good chocolate it doesn’t matter if it’s white or dark chocolate. Although I have to say it’s hard to resist free chocolate no matter how crappy it is…
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I try to avoid crappy, waxy chocolate if I can. I don’t mind spending a bit more to have a much better choco experience. As long as it’s good chocolate it doesn’t matter if it’s white or dark chocolate. Although I have to say it’s hard to resist free chocolate no matter how crappy it is…
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