Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa chocolate is amazing stuff. I got a 1.2-ounce bar of it at Borders tonight for $1.50, and that’s a bargain compared to any “candy bar” chocolate I’ve tasted. It’s also a good portion (fewer calories than a soda, only about 10 grams of carbohydrates, and 3 grams of protein), and while I probably could eat more than these eight squares, I imagine it would lose its impact after a while.
I’m told that 85% Cocoa and 99% Cocoa bars are available, but only after a pilgrimage to a Lindt store (the Dolphin Mall in Miami, WestShore Plaza in Tampa). Probably just as well. The uninitiated might find 99% Cocoa unpleasant. Heck, I might, at that. But the 70% is so smoky and supple that I’m looking forward to finding out. If Santa doesn’t stick one in my stocking, I’ll just have to venture out in January.
may have to give that a try someday.
for a heavenly milk chocolate experience, look for ritter sport alpine milk (not their regular milk chocolate).
Ben
You should keep an eye out for Green & Black’s Organic (www.greenandblacks.com), which apparently is “widely available in natural food stores across America”. They also do some incredible ice cream :-D
I’ll get Bryony to construct an industrial catapult to send a few bars flying across the Atlantic in the general direction of your stocking.
Have fun!
Davey P
p.s. be careful not to roast your chestnuts on that open fire, young fella-me-laddie!
The Millenial Mall in Orlando has a store that sells them, too! I think I got the 99% there a couple years back.
Mmmmmmm
I feel so bad for you. This is why mail-order is such a good idea.
So what do you remember about the taste and/or price of the 99%?
I’ve emailed the Merkin distributor to find out if it’s sold around Tampa. If you really want to give me a Christmas present, find an easy way of constructing Web 2.0-ish stuff for Horizon libraries and show me how to do it! (Or write a kickass tutorial for everyone.) I haven’t really studied a language in detail since PHP 3, so AJAX confuses me.
world market (a chain store that just opened a branch somewhat near us) has seventy and eight and eightyfive percent bars which they put on sale every so often. Toad loves em.