While I was in Normandy I bought a couple of bars of chocolate from a Chocolaterie in Rouen, chosen pretty much at random. I picked the 100g bar of Caraïbe chocolat noir (made with cocoa beans from the Carribean) for myself, and the Nougatine bar for Kate.Both bars are packaged in a very simple plastic and cardboard wrapper, allowing you to see exactly what you are buying. Yup, 100g of sweet chocolatey-looking stuff divided into rectangular chunks.
This 66% Cocoa paste chocolate is described as dark, but is not as dark as the 70% Lindt you can find at almost any supermarket. The chocolate itself is not stamped with any designs, not even the maker's mark.
As for the taste...well, I love chocolate. This is just bitter enough to give you the chocolatey rush, and does not have the sweetness associated with Bourneville. However, it seems to avoid the sometimes unpleasant aftertaste often found after eating a stronger dark chocolate.
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