{"id":2246,"date":"2010-02-16T14:02:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T13:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2010-02-16T14:04:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T13:04:01","slug":"the-green-blacks-chocolate-tasting-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/food-drink\/the-green-blacks-chocolate-tasting-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Green &#038; Black&#8217;s Chocolate Tasting Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4065\/4361735367_3540f22701_b.jpg\" alt=\"Green &amp; Blacks\" width=\"254\" height=\"205\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green &amp; Black&#39;s<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Today is the last day before the beginning of Lent&#8230; Our thoughts should be turning to what we should be giving up between now and Easter, but as it&#8217;s the last day when we can enjoy our luxuries guilt free, here we bring you Green &amp; Black&#8217;s Chocolate Tasting Guide. Sit back with your favourite bar (or a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/products\/green-and-blacks\/green--blacks-miniature-bar-selection-180g\/\" target=\"_blank\">chocolate selection<\/a>!), and enjoy&#8230;<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tasting is a special art and one to enjoy in the company of others. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/products\/green-and-blacks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green &amp; Black&#8217;s<\/a> range of chocolates, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/products\/green-and-blacks\/green-and-blacks-white-organic-chocolate-bar-100g\/\" target=\"_blank\">White<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/products\/green-and-blacks\/green-and-blacks-organic-85-percent-cocoa-solids-dark-chocolate-100g\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dark 85%<\/a> to Dark 85%, offers  the perfect opportunity for hosting a chocolate tasting party. It&#8217;s a  great way to have your guests experience the different aromas, textures  and flavours this very special chocolate has to offer. Here are a few  suggestions on how to heighten your chocolate tasting experience&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In preparation\u2026<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullets\">\n<li>Ensure your chocolate is at room temperature.<\/li>\n<li>Limit yourself to around six different chocolate varieties. Allow  roughly two squares per person. Any more will give you tasting fatigue.<\/li>\n<li>Start with the lightest variety, e.g. White, and finish with the  darkest, e.g. Dark 85%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you taste\u2026<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullets\">\n<li>Observe the appearance of the chocolate as chocolates vary in  colour. Like wine, intensity of colour does not necessarily indicate  intensity of flavour.<\/li>\n<li>Smell the chocolate. Take a small piece and let it melt between your  thumb and forefinger. It is only then that you experience the aromas  that we usually describe as flavours.<\/li>\n<li>Taste the chocolate. Put the first piece in your mouth and pinch  your nose. Pinching your nose lets your tongue and mouth truly  experience the tastes and other sensations perceived in the mouth, as  opposed to flavour, which is perceived by the olfactory gland in the  nasal canal. The tastes your tongue can detect are salt, sweet, sour,  bitter and umami (a savoury taste); and the sensations and textures  your mouth can detect include astringency and the cooling effect of the  cocoa butter.<\/li>\n<li>Stop pinching your nose and breath in deeply. You will immediately  sense the aromas or flavours of the chocolate. This is because all these  volatiles are already surrounding the olfactory gland. The deep breath  of air just allows it to work properly.<\/li>\n<li>After you&#8217;ve tasted like this once, you can continue in this vein or  taste in a more traditional way. By allowing the chocolate to melt  slowly on the tongue one experiences the change and development of  flavours as the cocoa butter melts and releases the volatiles.<\/li>\n<li>Give your guests water between samples to cleanse the palate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;re all unique, so your tasting experience will be uniquely your own.  Have fun comparing and contrasting your discoveries with others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenandblacks.com\/uk\/tasting-guide.html\" target=\"_blank\">This Chocolate Tasting Guide is courtesy of Green &amp; Black&#8217;s. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the last day before the beginning of Lent&#8230; Our thoughts should be turning to what we should be giving up between now and Easter, but as it&#8217;s the last day when we&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[41,572],"class_list":["post-2246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","tag-chocolate","tag-food-drink"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Green &amp; Black&#039;s Chocolate Tasting Guide - Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/food-drink\/the-green-blacks-chocolate-tasting-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Green &amp; 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