Perfect Pairings & Recipes forPlain Chocolate

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Flavour Analysis

Beneath plain chocolate’s familiar roasted notes lies a more intricate layering of toast, oleic acid and sugar. A persimmon note brings a mouth-drying sensation, with an assam tea note setting a dry sensation alongside it, and loam and coffee notes give the profile a rounded, lingering character.

Dominant Flavour Families

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Earthy
Spice
Woody
Vegetal

Flavour profile of plain chocolate

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Plain chocolate

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Roasted, bittersweet and chocolate notes distinctive of pure cacao or dark chocolate. Strong in plain chocolate.

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