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Mast Brothers – The Brooklyn Blend 74%

Where Mast’s unique style somehow doesn’t seem to quite get the best out of origins, it reveals its strength in a blend. Where one interpretation of a great blend is the balanced, even approach exemplified by Michel...
by Alex Rast
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Mast Brothers – The Brooklyn Blend 74%

Mast Brothers, known for a particularly distinctive style, provide here a blend in addition to their line of single-origins. There is interest in how they’ll interpret a blend – will they stay with their style, or w...
by Alex Rast
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Sainsbury’s – Taste The Difference Santo Domingo Organic Fairtrade 70%

Sainsbury’s delivers a total shock to the world of fine chocolate in the form of a great chocolate at the price of £1.32. Just how they’ve achieved this miracle is unclear, especially given that the chocolate is Fa...
by Alex Rast
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Sainsbury’s – Taste The Difference Santo Domingo Organic Fairtrade 70%

Sainsbury’s join the trend of supermarkets entering the fray of “fine” chocolate using house-branded chocolates from various origins. This one will tick all the right boxes for the environmentally conscious, a...
by Alex Rast
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Marcolini – Grand Cru de Propriété Mexique

Marcolini does his best to put Belgium in the mix of countries with fine chocolate bars, and ends up dropping everything on the floor. This attempt at Porcelana comes out completely lacking in character, interest, or almost any...
by Alex Rast
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Marcolini – Grand Cru de Propriété Mexique

Marcolini shows his usual industriousness with a series of bars from various origins. It’s never made obvious which, if any, of the bars are made entirely in-house, but the percentages certainly vary from “standard&...
by Alex Rast
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