Chocolate Tasting

Had a chocolate tasting night with Josh Friday night after putting Justace down. I had no idea there were so many kinds of chocolate and the differences between them before. We tried extra dark, dark, sea salt, black current and milk chocolate flavors. We started out tasting the 85 percent chocolate and moved on with less cocoa and more sugar. Basically, the higher the cocoa percentage the lower the sugar and vice versa. The 85 percent was pretty bitter tasting and not as sweet. Makes me wonder what baking chocolate, which is 100 percent cocoa, tastes like. I also learned you should always keep chocolate at room temperature because if it gets too hot it will go soft but if you put it in the fridge and it gets cold it won't melt in your mouth and release the full flavor. I loved the sea salt and black current the best. Sea salt was delicious with a mixture of sweet and a touch of salt. Black current was both nutty and a touch fruit flavored. Milk chocolate, when compared to the others, was so incredibly sweet...almost too sweet really.