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