A bunch of chocolates, tasted at intervals throughout the event

Fair chocolat noir BIO 70% - I thought this would be my favorite,
but it was dominated by a toasted bean taste that unbalanced it.
Nancy kind of liked it and nobody else did, especially after they
heard my assessment, so home it went with her.

Moser Roth chocolat raffine noir amandes - 52% cacao mass,
33% almonds - a favorite, the 52% being heartily chocolaty and
the nuts fresh and nicely toasted. As there were that many nuts,
the sugar did not predominate as one might expect of a 50-odd.

Chateau chocolat noir 50% - this all-purpose bar came in a
pack of two 200 g pieces. I thought this would be the least
of the chocolates, but it was smooth enough and chocolaty
enough and proved to be a hit. I took one of the pieces back
for Bonnie, and she found it a favorite.

Scholetta of various kinds -

Degustation noir fleur de sel 47% cacao mass, 0.5% salt - as
I'm not a fan of this style, I didn't taste it. If there's
less cacao than sugar, it's not for me, and salt, well, it
doesn't seem so much a flavor accent but rather an augmentor
of the sweetness (by contrast). Plus bad for my heart.

Degustation noir 74% cacao mass - this, on the other hand, was
flavorsome, without off-tastes, and pretty nice. I gave one of
these to Bonnie afterward, and it turned out she preferred the
Chateau 50%, so I gobbled it down in record time.

Noir truffe, with bits of cocoa nibs - 43% I think, but the
truffe brought the percentage down even farther. I found the
chocolate coating smooth but too sweet, and the truffle filling
ditto and with a suspicious butteriness. The nibs should have
added contrast, but I thought the addition just a bit distracting
and nothing else - it could have been ground-up charcoal for all
I cared. The sweet chocolate fans liked this.

Chocolat dessert 52% - strong vanilla with a bit of a burned
undertone; nonetheless decent, and people liked it. This line is
I believe designed as a cooking as well as eating bar and came
in a 200 g pack.

Chocolat dessert corse 64% - this was very neutrally chocolaty
with nothing stepping forward; I found it good, but most of the
people at table preferred the 52%. I took it back for sustenance
on the ride back, and between Nancy and me the bar was gone by
the morning after we arrived at the Shipps'.

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Body Armor "superior hydration" sports drinks, containing 10%
coconut water, no actual juice.

These were pleasantly not too sweet despite containing quite a
few sugar carbs.

I'd hoped pineapple coconut would be like a pina colada, but
the taste was mostly pineapple, the coconut mostly contributed
by the coconut water, which is naturally light in flavor.

Strawberry banana was okay, thankfully without a huge overplus
of banana esters. Good acid helped.

Orange mango was the truest to the nature of these fruits despite
having no actual juice.

I appreciated these because unlike most sports drinks, these
were very heavy on the potassium and had relatively little
sodium. They were packed with vitamins as well, but that was
not so important to me. because I figure in the natural scheme
of things I get enough if not a surplus of them (C excluded, so
on occasion I take C supplements).
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Quoting Michael Loo to All on 10-10-19 08:41 <=-

A bunch of chocolates, tasted at intervals throughout the event

Fair chocolat noir BIO 70% - I thought this would be my favorite,
but it was dominated by a toasted bean taste that unbalanced it.
Nancy kind of liked it and nobody else did, especially after they
heard my assessment, so home it went with her.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that Ruth kept that one... I didn't mind the
beany taste that much as I do like black bean things...

Moser Roth chocolat raffine noir amandes - 52% cacao mass,
33% almonds - a favorite, the 52% being heartily chocolaty and
the nuts fresh and nicely toasted. As there were that many nuts,
the sugar did not predominate as one might expect of a 50-odd.

That's the one I took the leftovers of...

Chocolat dessert 52% - strong vanilla with a bit of a burned
undertone; nonetheless decent, and people liked it. This line is
I believe designed as a cooking as well as eating bar and came
in a 200 g pack.
Chocolat dessert corse 64% - this was very neutrally chocolaty
with nothing stepping forward; I found it good, but most of the
people at table preferred the 52%. I took it back for sustenance
on the ride back, and between Nancy and me the bar was gone by
the morning after we arrived at the Shipps'.

It was quite nice, too... :)

Body Armor "superior hydration" sports drinks, containing 10%
coconut water, no actual juice.
These were pleasantly not too sweet despite containing quite a
few sugar carbs.
I'd hoped pineapple coconut would be like a pina colada, but
the taste was mostly pineapple, the coconut mostly contributed
by the coconut water, which is naturally light in flavor.

I had a taste of that one...

Strawberry banana was okay, thankfully without a huge overplus
of banana esters. Good acid helped.

.. but not of this...

Orange mango was the truest to the nature of these fruits despite
having no actual juice.

I did have a full bottle of this one, and it was good enough...

I appreciated these because unlike most sports drinks, these
were very heavy on the potassium and had relatively little
sodium. They were packed with vitamins as well, but that was
not so important to me. because I figure in the natural scheme
of things I get enough if not a surplus of them (C excluded, so
on occasion I take C supplements).

That could explain why I enjoyed it more than the usual sports drink,
which I tend to avoid... ;)

ttyl neb

... To boldly go where no sane person has any business.

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