| Date |
Topic |
Brand &
Description |
| Thursday, January 3 |
Eating: chew
thoroughly, just a little, or let it melt? |
| Domori |
Chateau Porcelana single-origin 70% |
| Domori |
'Style' LatteSal Bar Milk Chocolate, with a touch of added sea
salt, 44% cocoa |
|
| |
Six Step Tasting: Look, Smell, Listen, Mouth-feel, Taste, After-taste |
|
Michel Cluizel |
Hacienda Los Ancones Squares
67% from a single
plantation on the Caribbean island of Santo Domingo. |
| Recchiuti |
Bitersweet |
| Weiss |
Dark Ebene 72% Bar |
|
| Friday, January 4 |
Breathing: |
|
Scharffen Berger |
Pouch of 41% Milk Chocolate Squares |
|
Michel Cluizel |
Maralumi Squares
(Single-origin --- Papua-New Guinea) |
|
| |
Chocolate Components: |
|
Valrhona |
Venezuelan-origin roasted cocoa bean pieces, |
| Scharffen
Berger |
Cocoa Powder |
| Droste |
Dutched
Cocoa Powder |
|
King Arthur's |
Cocoa Butter |
| Michel
Cluizel |
Mangaro Lait 50% Squares (Milk Chocolate) |
|
| |
Percentages: |
|
Lindt |
Excellence 70% Dark Chocolate Bar |
| Lindt |
Excellence 85% Dark Chocolate Bar |
| Lindt |
Excellence
100% Dark Chocolate Bar |
|
| Monday, January 7 |
Percentages: smaller
differences |
|
Santander |
70% Single-Origin |
|
Santander |
65% Single-Origin |
|
Santander |
53% Single-Origin |
|
| |
Types of Cocoa Beans: |
|
CHOCOVIC |
Guyave Bar (Grenada) Trinitario, Single-origin, 71% |
|
CHOCOVIC |
Guaranda Bar (Equador)
Forastero, Single-origin, 71% |
|
CHOCOVIC |
Ocumare Bar (Venezuela) Criollo, Single-origin, 71% |
|
| |
Brand Tasting: Bonnat
|
| Bonnat |
El Rosario
75% Dark Chocolate Bar (Venezuela) |
| Bonnat |
Madagascar
75% Dark Chocolate Bar |
| Bonnat |
Puerto
Cabello Chocolate Bar |
| Bonnat |
Trinite 75%
Dark Chocolate Bar |
|
Tuesday,
January 8 |
Country Comparison: Venezuela |
|
Michel Cluizel |
Hacienda
Concepcion Squares 66% from a single plantation in Venezuela. |
| Amedei |
Venezuela
from 'I Cru' 36 Piece
Sampler 70% |
| Domori |
Chateau
Puertomar 75% |
| Theo |
Single-origin Venezuela Dark Chocolate 65% |
|
| |
Vintage: Palmira
(More chocolate from Venezuela) |
|
Valrhona |
Palmira
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2005 |
| Valrhona |
Palmira
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2006 |
| Valrhona |
Palmira
2007 |
|
| Wednesday, January 9 |
Cooking with Chocolate:
Cookies |
| Thursday, January 10 |
Vintage: Ampamakia |
|
Valrhona |
Ampamakia
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2005 |
| Valrhona |
Ampamakia
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2006 |
| Valrhona |
Ampamakia
2007 |
|
| |
White, Milk, & Dark Chocolate Comparison: |
|
Amedei |
'Cioccolato
al Latte Bianco' White Chocolate Bar |
| Amedei |
'Cioccolato
al Latte' Milk Bar, 32% |
| Amedei |
Toscano
Black 70% |
|
| Friday, January 11 |
Vintage: Gran Couva |
|
Valrhona |
Gran Couva
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2005 |
| Valrhona |
Gran Couva
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2005 |
| Valrhona |
Gran Couva
2005 |
|
| |
Milk Chocolate Comparison |
|
Bonnat |
Java 65%
Dark Milk Chocolate |
|
Domori |
'Style'
LatteSal Bar, with a
touch of added sea salt, 44% |
|
Michel
Cluizel |
Mangaro
Lait 50% Squares |
|
Pralus |
Melissa
Bar, Single-origin (Indonesia), 45% |
|
Recchiuti |
Milk |
|
| |
Brand Tasting: Michel
Cluizel
|
|
Michel Cluizel |
Hacienda
Los Ancones Squares 67% Cocoa Bittersweet from a single
plantation on the Caribbean island of Santo Domingo. |
| Michel
Cluizel |
Hacienda
Concepcion Squares, 66% Cocoa Bittersweet from a single
plantation in Venezuela. |
| Michel
Cluizel |
Mangaro
Squares, 65% Cocoa Bittersweet from Mangaro Plantation.
(Madagascar) |
|
| Monday, January 14 |
Brand Tasting: Valrhona |
| Valrhona |
Collection
Grand Crus de Chocolate Noir (4 kinds) |
|
| |
White Chocolate Comparison |
|
Ghirardelli |
White
chocolate bar |
| El Rey |
Icoa white
chocolate bar |
| Green &
Black |
White
chocolate bar |
|
| |
Percentages: |
|
Amedei |
Selezioni
Toscano Black 63%, 66%, 70% |
|
| Tuesday, January 15 |
Madagascar: |
|
Michel Cluizel |
Mangaro
Plantation 65% |
| Amedei |
Madagascar
from 'I Cru' 36 Piece Sampler 70% |
| Domori |
Chateau
Madagared 70% |
| Theo |
Single-origin Madagascar |
|
| |
Brand and Country Tasting: El Rey
from Venezuela |
|
El Rey |
First four
bars from Chocolate Collection |
|
| Wednesday, January 16 |
Cooking with Chocolate:
Cakes |
| Thursday, January 17 |
Organic Chocolates: |
|
Dagoba |
Assortment
of 40 bittersweet organic single-origin chocolate tasting
squares, 68% cocoa. |
| Green &
Black's |
Organic
Dark 70% |
| Valrhona |
Cao Grande
Dark Organic, 70% |
|
| |
Nibs Tasting: |
|
Claudio Corallo |
Whole
Roasted Cocoa Beans |
| Dagoba |
Organic
Cocoa Nibs |
| Valrhona |
Venezuelan-origin roasted cocoa bean pieces |
| Theo |
Organic
Roasted Cocoa Nibs |
|
| Friday, January 18 |
Beans Again: |
|
Guittard |
Sur del
Lago Bittersweet Chocolate
(Venezuela) Criollo/Trinotario blend, Single-origin, 65% |
| Guittard |
Chucuri
Bittersweet Chocolate (Columbia)
Trinitario, Single-origin, 65% |
| Guittard |
Ambanja
Bittersweet Chocolate (Madagascar) Criollo, Single-origin, 65% |
|
| |
Percentages again: Close & dark |
|
DeVries |
Costa Rican
Trinitario Dark 77% |
| DeVries |
Costa Rican
Trinitario Dark 80% |
| DeVries |
Costa Rican
Trinitario Dark 84% |
|
| |
Brand and Country: El Rey from Venezuela |
|
El Rey |
Last two
bars from Chocolate Collection |
|
| Monday, January 21 |
A Few Filled chocolates: |
|
Santander |
Chocolate
covered-coffee beans, 53% cocoa |
| Santander |
Chocolate-covered cocoa nibs, 53% cocoa |
| Weiss |
Milk with
Hazelnuts 37% Bar |
|
| |
Brand Tasting: Valrhona again |
|
Valrhona |
57 Carre
Caraibe, 66% |
| Valrhona |
Abinao, 85% |
| Valrhona |
Chuao from
Mega Plantation Sampler Box |
|
| |
100% Cacao tasting |
|
Bonnat |
100% cacao
bar |
| Pralus |
100% cacao
bar |
|
| Tuesday, January 22 |
Vintage Repeat: Palmira |
|
Valrhona |
Palmira
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2005 |
| Valrhona |
Palmira
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2006 |
|
Valrhona |
Palmira
2007 |
|
| |
Chuao Tasting: |
|
Amedei |
Chuao
Bar, Bittersweet
chocolate bar made exclusively with Chuao Cacao from Venezuela. |
| Bonnat |
Chuao Bar |
| Valrhona |
Chuao
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box |
|
| Wednesday, January 23 |
Cooking with Chocolate:
Soufflés, Mousses, Sauces, etc. |
| Thursday, January 24 |
Brand Tasting: Domori |
|
Domori |
Chateau
Puertomar, 75% Cocoa |
| Domori |
'Style'
Carupano 70% |
| Domori |
Cru
70% Carenero Superior from Venezuela |
| Domori |
Chateau
Madagared Bar, 70% |
|
| |
Vintage Repeat: Ampamakia |
|
Valrhona |
Ampamakia
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2005 |
| Valrhona |
Ampamakia
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2006 |
| Valrhona |
Ampamakia
2007 |
|
| Friday, January 25 |
Chocolate with Nibs: |
|
Claudio Corallo |
73.5% Dark
Chocolate with Cocoa Nibs |
| Recchiuti |
w/ nibs |
| Santander |
chocolate-covered cocoa nibs. 53% cocoa |
| Weiss |
Noir Eclats de Feves 70% Bar |
|
|
Temperature Taste Test |
We will use individual samples from remaining chocolate |
|
Brand Tasting: Amedei |
|
Amedei |
Grenada,
Jamaica, Trinidad, Ecuador from 'I Cru' 36 Piece Sampler, 70% |
|
| Monday, January 28 |
Vintage Repeat: Gran Couva |
|
Valrhona |
Gran Couva
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2005 |
| Valrhona |
Gan Couva
from Mega Plantation Sampler Box 2005 |
| Valrhona |
Gran Couva
2005 |
|
| |
Brand Tasting: Pralus |
|
Pralus |
Sao Tome
Bar, Single-origin, 75% |
| Pralus |
Equateur
Bar, Single-origin, 75% |
| Pralus |
Indonesie
Bar, Single-origin, 75% |
| Pralus |
Djakarta
Bar, Single-origin, 75% |
|
|
Mystery Taste
Testing |
| We will use unidentifyed commonly available chocolates |
|
| Tuesday, January 29 |
Cooking with Chocolate:
Savory Dishes |
| Wednesday, January 30 |
Porcelana Tasting |
| Amedei |
Porcelana
Squares Box |
| Bonnat |
75%
Porcelana Bars |
| Domori |
Chateau
Porcelana, Single-origin, 70% |
|
| |
Criollo, Brand, and Percentage Tasting: |
| Domori |
Hacienda
San Jose Ocumare 61 Criollo 60%, 70%, 80%, 100% |
|
| |
|
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