Comments on: Amano Chuao

By: Amano Chocolate goes to Chuao

Amano Chocolate goes to Chuao — Wed, 18 May 2011 05:58:29 +0000

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By: Amano 70% Chuao Reserve Dark Chocolate

Amano 70% Chuao Reserve Dark Chocolate — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:51:43 +0000

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By: Stu_R

Stu_R — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:29:01 +0000

I will post my review for the Amano’s take on Chuao soon. I personaly love this bar, I think you are quite right in saying that this bar will indeed be greeted with “uneven reviews” Alex. I think perhaps this does have more to do peconceptions than anything else. The use of a much more delicate roast is for me only a good thing here but it clearly moves the profile away from the likes of Amedei and even futher from Pralus take. I am looking forward to trying Domori’s “Chuao” for this very reason.

By: The Pod

The Pod — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:57:00 +0000

I wasn’t suggested that I tried two different finished bars though – only that the very new sample I tried needed time to settle. My feature review was for the same bar. I’ve tried some Amano Chuao recently that may have been effected by storage, with a slight ‘damp tea towel’ note creeping in, but still with all the same glorious notes.

I couldn’t agree about the roast, though that’s a matter of personal taste perhaps. Personally I prefer flavours that are closer to the cacao flavour and not introducing too much of another element.

By: Alex_Rast

Alex_Rast — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:41:35 +0000

See my review. Honestly, the bar I got sounds like the first finished bar you tried – i.e. not great. Could it be that this is a chocolate that suffers from process variability? I definitely wasn’t thrilled. It seems to need a stronger roast, and a shorter conche, perhaps (?). If my experience,and your alternate experiences, are any indication, it looks like a chocolate that may be greeted with uneven reviews. Or is this Amedei setting expectations too strongly? It’s hard to eliminate preconceptions about what a Chuao “should” taste like, and Amedei is surely 100% responsible for setting that preconception. The bar I got from Amano wasn’t bad, but did feel, like your first experience, anticlimactic.

By: Matt Caputo

Matt Caputo — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:04:06 +0000

Great description Martin! I hope you don’t mind if I quote you in one of our up coming classes.
Best,
Matt Caputo