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Suggested Tastings

 

There are many fun ways to put together a selection of chocolate for tasting. You can taste by country, which lets you get to know a particular place while accentuating differences between maker styles and regions within that country. You can taste my maker, which lets you get a good sense of their particular style and focus on the differences across regions. You can taste similar chocolates to explore the nuances of flavor - taste Domori's whole criollo line and it will be nothing but lovely nuance. Or, taste dramatically different chocolates to explore the wide range of possible chocolate flavors.

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Exploring the Range of Chocolate Flavor - Include a range of bars with really varied flavors

  • A very fruity Madagascar like Dandelion, Dick Taylor, or Valrhona Manjari

  • Rich chocolate flavors from West Africa, such as Ghana such as William Marx or Côte d’Ivoire from Chocolat Bonnat

  • One of Domori's Venezuela Criollo bars

  • Something bold and rustic like Mexico Soconusco from Ritual

  • Solstice Bolivia or Fruition Bolivia

  • Ecuador from Askinosie, Soma or Domori’s Arriba Nacional

  • Something from another region with unique flavors, such as Solstice India, Fruition Marañon, or Marou (Vietnam)

 

Best of Belize

  • Dick Taylor Belize Toledo

  • Ritual Belize Toledo

  • Dandelion Belize Toledo

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Best of Madagascar

  • Dandelion Madagascar Ambanja

  • Dick Taylor Madagascar

  • Ritual Sambirano Madagascar

  • Patric Madagascar

  • Domori Madagascar Trinitario

  • Pump Street Madagascar Criollo

  • Valrhona Manjari

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Best of Peru

  • Qantu Gran Blanco

  • Fruition Marañon

  • Maraná

  • French Broad Peru

  • Domori Peru Trinitario

  • Original Beans Pirua Porcelana

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Best of Colombia

  • Cacao Hunters Tumaco

  • Dick Taylor Palomino Limited Release

  • Castronovo Sierra Nevada

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Best of Bolivia

  • Fruition Wild Bolivia Limited Edition

  • Original Beans Wild Beni

  • Solstice Palos Blancos

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Best of Tanzania

  • Domori Tanzania Trinitario

  • Dandelion Kokoa Kamili

  • Original Beans Tanzania Cru Udzungwa

  • Solstice Tanzania Kilombero

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Best of Vietnam

  • Belvie Dong Nai

  • Marou Lam Dong

  • Marou Dong Nai

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Best of Ecuador

  • Creo Ecuador 73%

  • Dandelion Esmeraldas

  • Soma Mr. Salazar

  • Domori Arriba Nacional

  • Askinosie San Jose del Tambo

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Best of the Caribbean

  • Soma Haiti Creole Gardens

  • Pump Street Bachelor's Hall Jamaica

  • Fruition Hispaniola

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Best of Central America

  • Ritual La Colonia Nicaragua Limited Release

  • Ritual Soconusco Mexico

  • Castronovo Honduras Lost City

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Best of West Africa

  • William Marx Ghana

  • Chocolat Bonnat Côte d’Ivoire

  • TCHO Ghana

 

For Bold Palates - Choose a selection of bars with distinct rustic flavors

  • Akesson's Brazil

  • Ritual Madagascar or Mexico

  • Fruition Marañon

  • Marou Ben Tre

  • Something from Raaka

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For Delicate palates - choose a selection of bars with subtle but complex flavors

  • Pump Street Madagascar Criollo

  • Anything from Domori’s criollo selection,

  • Castronovo Honduras Lost City,

  • Original Beans Piura Porcelana

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