Create Your Own Tasting Mat

Customize Your Chocolate Tasting 

Just like wine, chocolate has subtle flavor nuances that vary from bar to bar depending on the kinds of beans used, their region of origin and how they are processed.

The best way to really experience - and delight - in these amazing flavor differences is to taste chocolates side by side. Find your favorite - is it dark, intense, 82% cacao or lighter, sweeter, milk chocolate?

Click on the mat below to create a customized tasting mat from a selection of top-quality chocolates.

Create your own tasting mat

Suggested Tasting Sesions

Here are some suggestions to get you started.

Collection of %Cacao: Try a range of chocolates from low (say, 35% cacao) to high (82%). You'll be tasting across the gamut of milk, bittersweet, semisweet and extra dark.

Single %Cacao: Find different chocolates with the same cacao percentage. For example, taste only 70% Cacao chocolates in one session. Note the subtle differences.

Single Origin: Sample chocolates from different regions. Observe the variations between chocolates from Central and South America countries like Guatemala, Venezuela and Ecuador; or between African, South Pacific and Asian regions.