Except for the fact that you might be asked to explain why you want to get rid of Domori Porcelana and Puertomar, I’m sure you don’t even have to ask Alex. Btw, I’m in Germany right now – wish you were here, isn’t that what they say? ;-) I’ve just been at In’t veld – bought quite a lot – almost embarrassing.

Euh, seriously, why didn’t you like them? I know it is difficult to account verbally for taste and preferences, but maybe you can give it a tryß

Lonely, I really think they are too strong for me. The Domoris have about 10 different tastes which come in layers and I somehow don´t like that. It´s just like with wine. I like undertones and I like them to build and develop but there can be really too much for my taste. So, I guess the short version is, I´d prefer a straighter, less stronger chocolate. Maybe I´m just being a girl……..(my dad always says that when I don´t like some of his heavy red wines….and prefer drinking my Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon instead.)

I always think it´s so embarassing buying so much chocolate. Since I always have to buy my Ampamakia and Cluizel at the same place, they know how much I consume and i sometimes feel as if they were checking out my shape……..Nevertheless got 5 AMpamakias yesterday…

Alex, I would love to give them to friends actually but there´s noone into chocolate who would appreciate them. They would probably ask themselves if I can´t afford a whole bar…..?!?! Probably I´ll give them to friends anyway, thoug.

well, missie, i will be getting some domori from int veld tomorrow. but thanks for your offer.
i regularly give chocolate, that i don’t (and do) like away.

i am less and less into straightforward chocolate. which for me is good news, because it means i go more for taste than mass. and that means i eat less.

Missie, I bought Porcelana in Berlin and tried it yesterday. It was really disappointing. For a year I had been looking forward to try it, and maybe my expectations were too high. I simply love Amedei’s Porcelana, everything about it, and similarly with Domori’s Puertomar and Puertofino and some others I have tried. It also added to my expectations that it’s currently on the top of the top 10 list here. As Martin told me, it could simply have been an odd batch. Honestly, I recognised the complexity of Porcelana from Amedei – kind of raisin-dominated though, and the particular Domori signature (I find a Domori signature in all the bars I have tried, like there’s an Amedei signature in most Amedei bars) but all soaked in fuel … :-(

LoneLy, did you taste a burnt flavor to Amedei’s Porcelana? I did, and I posted my opinions about it somewhere around here before. I don’t think I ever quite tasted the raisins in all the Amedei I tried, but now that you mentioned it, I bet I will when I re-taste their chocolate. Ah, the power of suggestion.

i talked to in’t veld yesterday because they forgot to ship some stuff and they were surprised at my reaction to porcelana (domori). i told them that i had others try and that the result was not flattering for domori. a domori representative will be visiting them in berlin and they said they would mention it.

aw, c’mon, lone. nerds??

We’re chocolate nerds, so it’s perfectly all right [:D]