Lindt Chili / Migros 100% Chocolate

Gilles mailed me two bars of chocolate; Lindt Chili, and Migros Selection 100% Venezuelan Chocolate.

The former is clearly Lindt product; smooth, ungritty, and the Chili manifests as a low, slow, dark burn on the tongue, persisting well after the chocolate is melted and gone. It’s most unusual, and worth it for the taste experience.

The Migros is bizzare and wonderful; at most I’ve had 85% Lindt and 88% Dolfin before, the former I found gritty and bitter, the latter pleasant but rather dry and dessicating in the mouth.

Migros 100% Venezuelan is smooth, ungritty, and melts in the mouth from a brittle hardness to a smooth, velvety chocolate mass; but it’s the taste which astounds, a rich, round, brown taste, like brandy stripped of its alcohol, or the smell of old oak panelling.

It’s marvellous stuff, and highly recommendable for what is, it appears, a Swiss Supermarket own-brand.

Comments

4 responses to “Lindt Chili / Migros 100% Chocolate”

  1. Matt Ingenthron
    re: Lindt Chili / Migros 100% Chocolate

    I assume you have, but am curious to ask if you’ve tried Ghirardeli– the San Francisco Bay Area’s best (popular) chocolate. I don’t think I’d necessarily rate it as high as Lindt, but … it’s different.

  2. Dave Walker
    re: Lindt Chili / Migros 100% Chocolate

    Having sampled a square of each variety yesterday while over at Alec’s for a light dinner and entertaining documentaries, and been invited to go “all Jilly Goolden” about the Migros:

    A similar huge tarred-rope flavour to a 10 year old Laphroaig, but far more concentrated and without the phenols – coupled with the slightly-smoky bitterness of well-aged tobacco.

    To be honest, I found the stuff rather overpowering.

    The Lindt Chilli was fun, though – the warmth kicked in just as the chocolate melted properly.

  3. Chris Samuel
    re: Lindt Chili / Migros 100% Chocolate

    I wonder if they’ll last until we next visit from down under ? 🙂

  4. Gilles Gravier
    re: Lindt Chili / Migros 100% Chocolate

    Just in case, I’ll make sure Alec has some more when he finishes his current supply, should he want more. 🙂

    Gilles.

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