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Kshocolat – 72% Single Estate – review – Alex Rast

Image is obviously central to Kshocolat, and their bar makes no immediate mistakes on the visual front, although its moulding appears to be a carbon copy of Valrhona’s. It doesn’t quite have the perfection of a Valr...
by Alex Rast
 

 
 
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Domori – Madagascar – review – Alex Rast

Domori’s “”other”" Madagascar shows no sign of lesser breeding in its appearance, which once released from its unfortunate plastic prison looks very bright and light, typical Madagascar, and with a clean...
by Alex Rast
 

 

 
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Dagoba – Prima Materia

Dagoba’s entry into the unsweetened field reveals a chocolate that tastes amazingly like a Madagascar, which if is the case could be the same source for the similarly flavored Sambirano bar. Obviously a lighter approach f...
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Dagoba – Prima Materia – review – Hans-Peter Rot

At a whopping 100%, Dagoba has finally produced a genuinely attractive bar. The sheen on this one is adequate, and no manufacture flaws are present, although the bar as a whole retains a distinct rugged look that could be expla...
by Hans-Peter Rot
 

 

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Kshocolat – 72% Single Estate

Starting with an already limited origin (Sao Tome), the bar barely manages to deliver any flavor at all and opts instead for a persona that echoes weariness with every second. What Kshocolat did to achieve this monotonous feat ...
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Kshocolat – 72% Single Estate – review – Hans-Peter Rot

In the wrapper sits a bar molded with apparently Valrhona in mind since the scoring and mold are identical in form. Sheen is also immaculate like a Valrhona bar, but where this bar diverges is an awkward and haphazard molding j...
by Hans-Peter Rot
 

 




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