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  • galia
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2009
    • 1719

    #46
    me too

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    • MikeN
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2007
      • 2205

      #47
      Originally posted by DudleyGray View Post
      That's pretty much my ritual, a small piece after lunch or dinner. My life revolves around little rituals, like changing into loungewear after work or handrolling a cigarette before bed. Stuff that keeps me moving forward from one mundane moment to the next, I find a lot of comfort in routine pleasures.

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      • ahn
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2012
        • 293

        #48
        Originally posted by MoFiya View Post
        I lol'd
        It sounds funny but it's true...

        Hoebel has shown that rats eating large amounts of sugar when hungry, a phenomenon he describes as sugar-bingeing, undergo neurochemical changes in the brain that appear to mimic those produced by substances of abuse, including cocaine, morphine and nicotine.
        some do it fast, some do it better in smaller amounts.

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        • MoFiya
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2007
          • 1438

          #49
          Yeah ... essentially, you can say everything rewarding to some extent mimics the reaction that cocaine triggers. Because our reward system is dopamine based. But that argument isn't valid for the amounts of chocolate we're talking about. People suffering food addiction have issues with food-induced dopamine release, not us. You can't compare eating half a bar of chocolate to snorting a line of blow.
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          But I wake up in fear

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          • ahn
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2012
            • 293

            #50
            Originally posted by MoFiya View Post
            Yeah ... essentially, you can say everything rewarding to some extent mimics the reaction that cocaine triggers. Because our reward system is dopamine based. But that argument isn't valid for the amounts of chocolate we're talking about. People suffering food addiction have issues with food-induced dopamine release, not us. You can't compare eating half a bar of chocolate to snorting a line of blow.
            Absolutely not!

            Back on topic, I also recently stumbled across this Melbourne-based, Mexican-inspired chocolatier... lower percentage of cacao but free of cane sugar (sweetened with coconut sugar) and some really unsual flavours like prickly pear and lime. There's a stockist very nearby, I might have to go purchase some and report back. You know... for science.

            some do it fast, some do it better in smaller amounts.

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            • MoFiya
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2007
              • 1438

              #51
              But remember to take care of your tolerance! ;-)
              I have dreams of orca whales and owls
              But I wake up in fear

              BBS for sale (Sz 48-52)

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              • DudleyGray
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2013
                • 1143

                #52
                I'm on to Mast Brothers, and apparently they aren't well liked in the chocolate community:

                Beards. If you’ve heard of the Mast brothers, that’s probably the first word you came across, even before chocolate. Yes, Rick and Michael Mast make...


                I'm not experienced to know the difference or invested enough to care that much, though. I'm currently on their Madagascar bar, and it's very good, smooth with fruity notes, like blueberry. I didn't notice the chalkiness they mention in that article, but it's not exotic and extra special in the way that the virgin chocolate bar from Raaka was. It doesn't really do better than Madecasse but costs considerably more.

                I think I'm going to eventually try and hunt down some Rogue for the next batch. Also, a nice resource linked from that article on bean-to-bar makers (by US state) and retailers (US/Canada/UK/Other):



                Updated May 31, 2016 All this talk of bean-to-bar craft chocolate in the media recently, and you keep wondering: where do I buy bean-to-...


                I guess you Melbourne people have Chocolate Journey.
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                • Faust
                  kitsch killer
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 37852

                  #53
                  $9 for a chocolate bar. They have figured out the RO t-shirt equivalent of chocolate. The chocolate is good though.
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                  • eleves
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2012
                    • 524

                    #54
                    Still haven't tried Mast yet, guess it's about time though. My favorite chocolate at the moment is Royce (Japan) but I also have no idea what the difference between good and bad chocolate is!
                    Originally posted by Faust
                    HOBBY?! HOBBY?!?!?!?!?! You are on SZ, buddy - it ain't no hobby, it's passion, religion, and unbounded cosmic love rolled into one.

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                    • david s
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2010
                      • 492

                      #55
                      jean-paul hévin is pretty decent

                      the actual chocolate (as opposed to bake goods) I like because it seems to have a higher concentration of cocoa and less sugar, if you like your chocolate on the less sweet side

                      store just reopened on rue de bretagne
                      It's absolutely Hedious!
                      shy poser

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                      • Faust
                        kitsch killer
                        • Sep 2006
                        • 37852

                        #56
                        Originally posted by eleves View Post
                        Still haven't tried Mast yet, guess it's about time though. My favorite chocolate at the moment is Royce (Japan) but I also have no idea what the difference between good and bad chocolate is!
                        If you can go to their store in Wburg. You can sample everything.
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                        • snafu
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 2135

                          #57
                          Crazy stuff in here,

                          I have had mastbrothers, they are good but call me crazy paying ccp prices but i still aint paying £7-8 for a chocolate bar...

                          Twix, Bueno, Peanut M&M's any day ... or if I'm abroad Dulpo all the way!!! Saying that i eat chocolate less than once a month.

                          However if your around Hostem walk down the road and maybe try their Hot Chocolate people seem to go crazy for that stuff.
                          .

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                          • DudleyGray
                            Senior Member
                            • Jul 2013
                            • 1143

                            #58
                            Haha, are we really discussing pricing difference of $5 on this forum? It's a pack of cigarettes in some places.
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                            • bukka
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 821

                              #59
                              ^
                              Where do you find cigarettes that cheap?
                              9$ for a chocolate bar doesn't seem too spectacular, or I'm just used to Swiss pricing...
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                              • Chinorlz
                                Senior Member
                                • Sep 2006
                                • 6422

                                #60
                                Personally I love the Kinder Pingui for my chocolate fix. Damn... I'm both happy and sad you can't seem to get them stateside. I'd be fat as hell.
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