306283 Sun Jul 02 02:36:31 -0700 2006 3 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1723296 Expensive producer from Italy. I wasn't a fan of many of their single varietals from last year, but tried the Porcelana that's a relatively uncommon strain of Criollo bean. Exquisite flavour -- everything chocolate is meant to be. Elegant interplay of fruit, earth and wood components, sweet and bitter, with a clean finish, no unbalanced acidity that characterized many of the single varietals from Domori that I tried last year. Good snap, shiny, signs of good temper. Only minus is a chewy texture characteristic of Domori chocolates which I'm not very fond of. A serious thumbs up. Sun Jul 02 02:36:31 -0700 2006 10076 limster 1 1723315 I'm a big fan of Domori, including the organic Chacao line they aquired. I've never noticed a chewy texture, perhaps because I don't chew chocolate this pricey -- just let it sloooooowly dissolve in my mouth. Sun Jul 02 02:52:20 -0700 2006 1723296 10255 Gary Soup 1 1724509 had a sample of this (the shop was out of stock). was glad i did, because i was seriously underwhelmed. didn't feel that it had anywhere near the complexity of my current favorite -- and considerably less expensive -- ocumare by chocovic. glad i didn't have to pay full freight to find out! Mon Jul 03 13:50:20 -0700 2006 1723296 11324 wonderwoman 1 1724519 I assume you got the Ocumare at TJ's, and I agree that you can't beat the bargain-basement price. It's a matter or taste, IMHO, and almost an apples and oranges comparison. The Chocovic Ocumare uses cocoa butter and lecithin, whereas the Porcelana is pure cocoa mass. Mon Jul 03 14:08:40 -0700 2006 1723296 10255 Gary Soup