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Exotic Chocolate Bar Gifts / Chocolate and the Nose: The Sensory Collection
The moon is a powerful energy, influencing the tides of the world’s oceans and too our own bodies made mostly of water. Connect with lunar energies in your own magical chocolate ritual included in each month’s club.
Our extensive Sensory Collection is both a connoisseur's guide to chocolate tasting and an intricate game of smell and taste to be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Designed to develop your sense of smell and your ability to recognize and articulate the aromas of varietal chocolate, the experience of uncapping vials, inhaling essences and nibbling chocolate will engage and intrigue any crowd. Have a party, gather with friends or family and unlock the mysteries of Mother Earth's magical cacao.
Each Sensory Collection includes
• 28 dark, 6 milk and 6 white single origin chocolate bars from Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Trinidad, Java, Ghana, Madagascar, Venezuela, Grenada, Bolivia, Tanzania, Peru, Costa Rica & Santo Domingo, 15 countries in all.
• 42 aromas with the essences of dried banana, cocoa butter, tobacco, earth, cocoa powder, leather, charcoal, orange blossom, jasmine, asparagus, burnt sugar and more…
• A comprehensive chocolate guidebook that chronicles the history of chocolate, the making of chocolate from bean to bar, the science of taste, recipes and more…
• A flavor wheel to help you describe each chocolate
• A notebook for your thoughts and inspirations
• A blindfold for party fun (and no cheating!)
Consume within 6 months
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"I created the Sensory Collection with the intention of broadening the cumulative chocolate experience by engaging the sense of smell – the most important component of taste. Chocolate is a luxury food, just like a fine wine or coffee. I want to be an informed taster. I am interested in exploring the origin of cacao beans, learning about countries in which they are grown, comparing the tastes of single origin chocolates from different regions of the world and thinking about how bean varietals and fermentation impact taste. To taste is with the nose." – Katrina
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A Chocolate Cupping Party!
No, this is not an ancient torture ritual or an acupressure spa treatment. "Cupping" your chocolate is yet another way taste. Liquid chocolate coats your palate in a way that solid chocolate does not, allowing you to better perceive and discern the component flavors. It is a great way to begin your sensory journey, a means of developing your tasting know-how. You can "cup" any chocolate bar—try it with our Sensory Collection, single origin candy bars or any of our -First, melt. Yes, you can melt chocolate in the microwave (gasp!), here's how:
• Bring about 1 cup of whole milk or water to a boil on your stovetop (you will need about 2 oz. of liquid for each chocolate bar you are cupping) • While the liquid boils, place 2 oz. or so of each flavor of candy bar, chopped, into their own microwave safe cups.
• At 50% power, zap them for about 1 ½ - 2 ½ minutes.
• Stir each with a rubber spatula until smooth, use a separate spatula for each flavor to avoid cross-contamination. Zap 10-15 seconds more as needed, still at 50% power.
• Add 2 oz. hot milk or hot water to each cup and whisk until smooth.
• Sip and compare!
No, this is not an ancient torture ritual or an acupressure spa treatment. "Cupping" your chocolate is yet another way taste. Liquid chocolate coats your palate in a way that solid chocolate does not, allowing you to better perceive and discern the component flavors. It is a great way to begin your sensory journey, a means of developing your tasting know-how. You can "cup" any chocolate bar—try it with our Sensory Collection, single origin candy bars or any of our -First, melt. Yes, you can melt chocolate in the microwave (gasp!), here's how:
• Bring about 1 cup of whole milk or water to a boil on your stovetop (you will need about 2 oz. of liquid for each chocolate bar you are cupping) • While the liquid boils, place 2 oz. or so of each flavor of candy bar, chopped, into their own microwave safe cups.
• At 50% power, zap them for about 1 ½ - 2 ½ minutes.
• Stir each with a rubber spatula until smooth, use a separate spatula for each flavor to avoid cross-contamination. Zap 10-15 seconds more as needed, still at 50% power.
• Add 2 oz. hot milk or hot water to each cup and whisk until smooth.
• Sip and compare!
SKU: GS-BOX-SEN
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