Welcome to Flavors of Cacao! What you will find here:

• Chocolate Database - Includes a sortable database of over 900 plain dark chocolate bars tasted, catalogued and rated by the author of Flavors of Cacao. It is intended to be used as a resource and should be useful for someone planning a comparative tasting.
  

• Review Guide - Describes the rationale behind the rating system used for the database.  In addition, you will find a printable template to be used for reviewing and taking notes on plain dark chocolate.

• Experiencing Chocolate - An explanation on what might cause certain experiences we have when tasting fine chocolate.

• Labeling Chocolate - An interesting comparison of packaging and the different ways companies describe their product.

• 2012 Chocolate Interviews - Thirteen interviews with notable experts, prominent reviewers, and opinion leaders.

• About Flavor/Contact - A general overview on factors that contribute to and help shape the final flavor of plain dark chocolate. Contact information for the author can also be found here.