Chocolate Expert Guesses Cheap vs. Expensive Chocolate | Price Points | Epicurious
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- In this episode of 'Price Points', Epicurious challenges chocolate expert Amy Guittard of Guittard Chocolate Company to guess which chocolate is more expensive. Guittard breaks down baking chips (aka chocolate chips), white chocolate, dark chocolate, and cocoa powder. For each type, the connoisseur looks at and taste tests each chocolate before guessing which chocolate costs more. Once the prices are revealed, Guittard explains why a specific chocolate costs more and dives into specifics on how each chocolate is prepared.
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Plot twist: give her two pieces of the same chocolate
Wow genial...
I think she'd figure it out lol she's good
@@jiul4907 She's gonna be like: am I a joke to you?
harvard : do u want a scholarship
Eliza Lupi I was waiting for this to happen after reading your comment, and it didn’t 😩
Imagine date her and bring some chocolate like gift
How i wish that was u on the profile pic
@nightwishnemo Did ya assume their age?
@nightwishnemo that does not change the fact that she can MARRY ANYONE SHE LOVES EVENTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT RICH
Sid Vasoya what is wrong with you?
@@SuperAmazingNoob WTH is wrong with you, women can be successful on their own they don't have to as you say, " leech of a man ".
P.S this is coming from a man who prefers to treat women as equals and acknowledge their presence in this society.
she’s so educated on chocolate that she could tell how HAPPY THE COW WAS
😂
Her family has been making chocolate since 1868 so I’m not surprised.
@@rc4780 how do you know that
@@gokusolos6896 five generations of her family - ua-cam.com/video/li6b4MrF5cI/v-deo.html
I hate to break this to you........but chocolate doesn't come from cows!
Mother: Timmy why did you throw out your Hershys bar?
Little Timmy: mom it tasted metalic and the additives flavor was a little too strong for my liking
And the next day little Timmy is homeless 🤣🤣🤣
Underated comment
Relevant considering the fact that Hershey chocolate has some sort of bacteria in it that makes it taste like puke
@@quakethedoombringer Nope, its the cooking process of the Milk.
@@quakethedoombringer when's the last time you are a Hershey bar? The 1950's? 🤣 It tastes great
I’m here having to study for 5 exams and I’m watching videos of cheese and chocolate experts
Same😂
Me too😃😂
Hello....Anonymous. Why is your profile picture of the Game Master....?😞😕
Same bruh
Anonymous lmfao saaaame
She made me realise that i ve been eating cheap chocolats my whole life
What do you know, sugar and vegetable oil...
Didn't the fact that your chocolate was cheap (inexpensive) tip you off?
@@Iliek i ve tried all kind of chocolates all tasted sugary and felt like the chocolate taste fades in seconds . it s not matter of price it s matter of preference .
@@sbhm4104 you must have a damaged pallette
@@Iliek my name is goodmaki mY oPiNiOn OvErUleS alL
Next season we need a "Cocaine Expert Guesses Cheap vs. Expensive Cocaine"
Jean U Duff yes we do
"hmmm with a im getting hints of baby powder and a slightly aggressive nose feel. With b it has a much smoother inhale with slight floral notes. I suspect b is a far more Colombian single origin so I'm guessing b is more expensive."
Where do you find cheap cocaine?
@@krishenalexander3560 Nice try, undercover cop! 😂
@@Evan-pr3bf By the strong aroma at the end and the density due to the lack of oxigen particle because of the altitude, this probably traveled in the arse of a Bolivian... *sniff sniff* this is definitely from Bolivia.
Man, can you imagine biting into chocolate and being like "MHMM GRASS FED COW 🤤🤤"
Underrated comment 😂
Life goal
What about a water taster? And if someone says all water tastes the same then you're not a real water drinker...
AnimePandacorn Queen but is there a water expert ?
AnimePandacorn Queen there is a video like that out there somewhere. I don’t remember who made it but I remember watching it. Might have been Buzzfeed I can’t remember!
ccap3211 i think FBE( teens react) did some kind of a water tasting challenge.
Ikr
Look up Martin Riese
I. WANT. TO. KNOW. THE. BRANDS. SHE. ATE.
I'm really REALLY curious about the last one. I mean, $550!? WHAT THE HELL!?
the 89 cent one was hersheys if you were wondering
the less expensive white chocolate was wilton
me too!!
@@sydneyarrandt7961 that doesn't surprise me, I do like Lindt white chocolate though -
When she said her name was Amy Guittard I already knew she came from chocolate royalty. They make the best baking chocolate chips!
Sharrie H. Yes!! My family goes through a bag every few weeks. Their semi sweets are the best. When she introduced herself I literally gasped and thought "how the hell did they get a guittard on the show, she's chocolate royalty!".
So I’m eating her chocolate while watching this 😂
..they also explicitly state it in the description box.
Guittard makes great courverture chocolate, baking chips. Their single origin chocolate from Hawaii, and Africa are amazing.
They didn't mess around with the expert for this episode.
Her hair is like the perfect color and shade for this topic
SlappySnippy oh yeah lol
SlappySnippy and the ice cream one too!
Out off all the things her hair 😂
Her self is the perfect person for me 😛
Simp
For everyone asking how you get that job, I'd like to point out that they said her last name was Guittard, which is the name of a chocolate company. In other words, it's probably the family business to know chocolate.
E Cat Yup. Family business for the past 150 years.
They explain that in the description box.
I was wondering the same thing. Is she related to Etienne Guittard, whose name is the brand of a very delicious yummy chocolate available for baking?
@@danielkim7841 Yes, that's literally what the comment was saying
@@danielkim7841 yoooo first time finding someone else with the same username!
Can we revive this series? I want a pastry expert, cake expert, soda expert, etc. There are so many other things that can be gourmet. We miss these videos!
If you liked this video, you may also want to know that there are a number of steps to making chocolate! First, cocoa beans are picked from the tree. At this stage, the beans are white and gooey. The beans are fermented for 2 weeks and left to dry. Once dry, the beans have turned brown! The dried beans are roasted to create more flavor, and finally, made into chocolate products!
As an European, I've never ever seen that bright white chocolate. It looks scary! 😳
You don't have to be European to see that ghostly white monstrosity was probably not even chocolate!
Melted down it would be a good cake topping
you cand find them in Asia
Never seen it that ghostly in America either.
No one cares
Let's take a moment and appreciate how educated she is about this topic
thats her job soo... duh
+Tsar Platinum it's not just her job, it's basically her bloodline lol. Her family has been making chocolate for 150 years.
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That's because it's her job
Yeah, crazy... a woman who knows about chocolate. I don't think I have ever seen that before...
Why was I not informed that “chocolate expert” was an existing career choice? Sign me up. I’m swiss, chocolate is in my blood (and in my stomach, at all times)
Lmao😂😂
hired.
Yeaaah im Also Swiss
No chocolate is not in your blood. Chocolates are in your blood. The Swiss are famous for chocolates not chocolate. There is a difference. Also that isn't her job. She is chocolate royalty and the heiress to the guittard company and legacy. Her family has been in the chocolate business for over 150 years.
way to dissect a joke, now it died
omg she looks like shes having so much fun just tasting it
I know I would
I find it sad that everyone gives up on their chocolate tasting dream job when they find out she is most likely in the family business. No guys. What we do now is marry into the family to follow our dreams 😂
I'm a professional sommelier and am neither related to nor married to anyone in a chocolate family. Sometimes persistence and focus (and a lot of natural enthusiasm) pays off!
*Watches the entire video*
*Observes piece and then eats chocolate slowly*
“I have no clue what I’m tasting first.”
Ikr lmao "mmmm im getting a hint of chocolate"
angery dogger Yes 😂
Kewl ADEL same hahaha
angery dogger 😂😂😂😂
Looool
I work in a chocolate shop and some people get SO angry when our white chocolate is more "yellow" and demand more "white" pieces and I've been trying to explain since day one that yellow IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING. SDKLFJGH
lindsey s I know right! The preception of natural and quality us so different than reality sometimes, and people always go with their preception of quality! No real food should be as white as bleached paper!
THAT'S WHAT I SAY HAHAHA
In my whole life I haven't seen a white chocolate as white as in this video, it always was yellow. How can anyone even think the yellow color is a bad sign?
the whitest chocolate that i've ever had was also the worst, it doesn't even said "white chocolate" in the package, it was something like "white chocolate flavored bar"
In the netherlands I've never even seen that truly white chocolate, It's always the more yellow version
11:28 "I don't know why I am smiling"
Well, that's what chocolate does
Anyone who's an expert and still smiles like a kid sneaking a spoon of cocoa powder is A++ in my book~ that's so wholesome
Finally, one of these that every single answer isn’t blatantly obvious.
Except it is.
@@Aid-gy4cm they all looked almost exactly the same
@@ianballantyne2359 yet me a non expert have predicted which was more expensive.
@@Aid-gy4cm Luck, or you listened.
I l3lue I you’re so smart bro
What amazes me with these videos is that when they try something they can almost always describe how the product is made and what makes them different from each other plus, sometimes they can also even tell where it is made...
Angel Rose Mensorado its staged
@@mardinrah1114 nah, I don't think so. These people are real experts on their fields.
Angel Rose Mensorado right, somebody has to be
Most of the ones I've seen also make the product that they're experts in. Making the product gives you a lot of insight on what makes quality.
Guittard chocolate is famous AF and it's her last name so i do believe she has the knowledge to be able to know her products and build her own chocolate company
No one:
Everyone after quarantine day 93635:
Oof I hope it doesn't get that long 😅
@@shaunapurcell9436 hopefully not.
I'm picturing a Black Mirror episode where all humans live inside all day in complete isolation that they were forced to master because of an extremely contagious virus.
I mean. We're mastering it anyways and I don't think this'll last more than a year (not even from now). But if it does, I want the walls of my room to have dreamy, magical colorful lighting taken straight from the future. I demand it.
@@shaunapurcell9436 Oh it won't, we'd all be dead by day 30,000
@@nodezsh i hope you’ve gotten your dreamy lights since then
7$ Choco VS 550$ Choco - The way she said I'm not sure which ones more expensive makes me believe that 7$ choco = 550$ choco lol
It comes down to the scarcity of the bean. The $550 bar is made with super rare heirloom beans. The $7 bar is probably still a good maker, but just a more available high quality bean.
The perfect job doesn’t exi....
No it's not perfect.
How?
Leonel because even if you did get to be a chocolatier, you'd still have to learn the science and the taste variables without thinking of it just as chocolate
Pony Stuck
So? Some people might like that. Don't make assumptions.
tae is god Omg ARMY
Cheap or Expensive, *doesn’t matter Imma still eat it*
Coconut Doomed bruh
as long as i dont have to pay for it, all chocolate within my immediate vicinity is in danger
omf hyakkimaruuuu
cheap cuz imma cheapskate
Same 😂
"This one over here, B, has a fair amount of air bubbles in it so it seems like a flaw in the making."
*Aero*
Wait wow She's from the Guittard family, Epicurious got a real big name
“Ma’am, this is a Walmart”
😤
Hahaha most underrated comment
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😂👌
👁👄👁
why does she seem like she would have a british accent
She's got that zoella look
Thin lips
She has the same ‘look’ as people I see most of the time ( I’m from the UK )
Mariana Tavares tbf she does have some British vocab, like moreish. I've heard it used in England but I'm not sure how prevalent it is in America.
Lol
I wish they would reveal the brand of chocolates!
Brand B of the milk chocolate is definitely hershey's
They can't ever reveal the brands because it would deter people from getting it.
@@danielleking262 true
The burnt ones are def Hershey’s from the UHT added to it.
@@danielleking262 they can do that, but it might result in a lawsuit
me: "chocoholic"
her: "choconnoisseur"
I love seeing experts hesitate about their knowledge and then getting the gratification that they are right. Humans being humans :D
true
yesss humans are so sweet!!!!
i‘d just eat all the chocolate and then leave
Be like "hmmm🤔 this all tastes good to me. Bye!"
@@xavierjones6048 😂
Lmfaoo
...except for the Hershey bar.
Me too, that is why I made a chocolate tasting video ua-cam.com/video/o0sZQNqXrQo/v-deo.html
I love these!!! You guys do a great job picking the experts. They are always knowledgeable, engaging, and likable. Keep them coming!!!
_this is probably one of my favourite videos in this particular series. this lady is so cool!_
Getting paid for eating chocolate?
What a great job
Yasss
No sugary stuff sometimes makes me cringe of their sweetness so no ;-; better be a pizza or burger taster
@@juska4235 ye and get fat
@@silvershadow5242 I mean.. If I have to choose between getting fat by choco or burger I would go for the burger :'D
@@juska4235 do you get sensory overload or something?
i love how all these experts are passionate and always explain each side--i'm learning so much😭
Are you the person that cries after a good sex 🤣
That's their job and why they are in the video tho 😭
I liked how she explained it too. Sometimes people don't know there is a better option out there than what they are eating.
@@Andymandyrocks I do when you can’t even last 2 min sad😔🔫
I just like how their hair always matches the topic. It’s like they had so much of it that it permanently dyed their hair that color
I love how excited she is to taste the chocolate. She’s so cute when talking about it I could hear her talking about chocolate all day bruh
Chocolate is such an amazing thing! you can take it in so many directions from taste, to sensory perception, to history, to food science.....it is fun to talk chocolate all day long
Couldn't find a bar that costs $550 but there is one that costs just south of $700 and could have been $550 back in 2018. The company is called To’ak. It costs so much because the cocoa beans are aged in former wine casks for over 4 years before being made. Secondly, the beans they use were fought to have been extinct before To’ak announced the type of cocoa beans they use. They are Nacional beans that are very high quality but have a very low yield and reproduction rate which drives the price up even further.
They bring out 100 bars per edition and always sell out the day they are ready for sale IIRC.
I love how the cocoa powder makes her smile.
Like if i should centrifuge chocolate :D
TheCentrifugeChannel Do it ! .. Your videos are awesome
Sam Lee are you ok?
Was thinking this exact same thing!!!!
she like bbc ;)
I absolutely loved how extensively informed she was on chocolate!!!
Michelle Fauna she is an expert
We're, more common than you make think.
I love seeing the experts getting excited over being right with their guesses
These series help me realize that I don't know anything about anything: that there's someone who obsesses about the minuta of each thing I enjoy on a surface-level and that I could be that person for someone else as well.
It's inspiring to see people pursuing stuff so doggedly.
her hair: milk chocolate
her shirt: white chocolate
her pants/skirt: dark chocolate
Regina Simogiarto idk you but I think you are a genius
Regina Simogiarto I never thought of thar
her mustache: dark chocolate
Her eyes: Macca chocolate
I wanna eat her now-
She’s so well spoken - I love it!
Yup, But I really argue about it. For the cheapest ones, In my home country, Indonesia (You recognized it in the blackboard) some manufacturers use soy lecithin, not only sugar. This is a really common ingredient in substituting the cocoa butter because it's affordable and easy to find, including even in dark chocolates............
@@erdyantodwinugrohozheng maybe it less common there?
Chrisixoxo00 people are usually well spoken when it comes to things they’re highly educated on.
Got into this series last Friday and watched it all through today and now I know how fortunate I was since I could differentiate by looks every single expensive food.
Remus Lupin would definitely know
What qualifications do I need for this job and how do I apply
Considering she has the same name as the company (which is the oldest continuously family-owned chocolate manufacturer in the US), you have probably already screwed up by not being born in the right family.
Klopfer welp
If you like Hershey milk chocolate, then you won't get a job anywhere 😂
Going into Food Science and trying to be QA on chocolates for companies.
Food science or Food technology.. though I'm a chocolate quality assurance analyst, my degree was chemical engineering..
Idk why but I really like her. Super dedicated, and gives great info! 😂😂😂
😂😂😂👌👌👌💯💯💯
Did your own comment really make you laugh so hard that you cried?
Samuel Krauss your second sentence contains the answer.
I didn't know that chocolate could be so complex.. this woman is amazing🤗🤗
craft chocolate can be like wine, with flavour notes and interesting textures. It gets even more fun when you try pairing it!
People who can't afford luxury chocolates:
*CHOCOLATE IS CHOCOLATE*
High quality chocolate is not expensive. Unless you are living in a cardboard box, you can easily afford it.
well in many countries luxury chocolates are so expensive
I am poor. I would rather have a small amount of quality stuff than bags of Hershey's
If i couldnt afford high quality chocolate i wouldnt buy it at all. hersheys is crap. but thats my two cents. good chocolate is worth saving for
KAmabOKO gONPachIrO
"the air bubbles don't necessarily affect the quality, but they impact my perception of the quality"
It doesn't necessarily makes sense, but it impacts my perception of logic.
Just kidding. But it makes sense! It's not the end of the world to have tiny air bubbles showing through your still tasty and pleasantly textured chocolate, but there's a price point at which it's no longer acceptable unless it's truly something special otherwise (taste and texture wise).
Considering she didn't particularly care for it and based her decision on facts and logic rather than her feelings on the experience, we could say that it's probably expensive stuff but maybe not worth the price.
There's a comment around explaining how it was likely part of a particular box set with that price containing a collection of many interesting chocolates. If that's true then maybe the price point is acceptable.
Still, she didn't care much for it. And she's the expert, not me. I'm a chocolate beggar, she's chocolate royalty.
It makes complete sens actually
"Sometimes... things that are expensive... are worse."
Agreed. Spending more on a date does not mean the relationship will be better. Usually it's worse.
CALEB GALLO REFERENCE I AM WEAKKKKK HENNEY
OMG Freckles!
True. For example “woman”.
Love a Freckles reference!
She smiles with so much happiness when she's tasting it. XD
This was so in depth omg... what a career/professional
If you appreciated this video, you may also want to know that Chocolate sometimes gets a bad rap because chocolate products can include a lot of added sugar. Sometimes, there’s even up to 50g of added sugar in one chocolate bar! For context, the World Health Organization recommends staying under 25 g (or 6 teaspoons) of added sugar per day!
I'm not sure that $550 can cure your stress.. cause it vanishes your money just for a single chocolate bar and that's gonna make you crazy
marcelino adiska but if you're super rich and love chocolate then get you some of that chocolate
USA min. wage is 7.25$, let us say the chocolate bar you were going to get is 5$. This is ~68% of your hourly pay. 800$/hr would be 544$ at 68%. 800x24 = 19,200$ a day X 365 = 7,008,000. So someone who makes 7M a year, a 550$ piece of chocolate would be the same as someone who makes 7.25/hr and gets a 5$ bar of chocolate.
Psycoholic2008 the math is off
What if you have 2 550 dollars
Like if i should centrifuge chocolate :D
The "burn in the back of your throat" comment reminds me of Hershey's chocolate.
Hershey’s are everything but chocolate.
Well, let identified it as a helicopter then.
@@leonardoargoti3124 it’s still good when you have nothing else to snack on
I started wait g dark chocolate cause you'll dodge that acidic bullet.
But itll sit like a brick. Its flavor is bold.
I immediately said "that one's the Cadbury's"
This girl is carrying on her family’s tradition of making chocolate
AND I AM HERE FOR IT
*eats cheap chocolate everyday*
Me: You know im something of a chocolate expert myself
*WILLY WONKA BUT A GIRL*
Willimina Wonka
😂
But can she pronounce “parents”?
Willa wonky
Wilma wonka
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Billy But Better I subscribe at 109,999 ! LOVE THE VIDEOS !!
HELLO BILLY GLAD TO SEE U HERE LMAO
Billy But Better Heeeey
Billy But Better hehe
Why are you here billy? Are you craving chocolate?
to whoever is dating/married to this lady ... i have one advice for you:
DON'T CHEAT
Why do i feel like you've watched paternity court😂😂
Why?
or just don't cheat to anyone at all lol
Hearing her break down the logic is so cool and I never would have imagined what kind of clues in the chocolate would help you narrow down the production process.
When she said "I wouldn't be able to eat a lot of this " 2 seconds later I was like "wow she's a psychic". 😂you really can't have a 500$ chocolate bar
550, that 50 matters
Nick Gurz edgy
Haha true
@@reggie8370 m o o d & r u d e
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I love how intelligently she can describe every part of the chocolate, she sounds so smart
Madison Graves She is literally chocolate royalty. Look up her last name. If she couldn't do what she did she would be a disgrace to her family.
Chocolate nerd 🤓
@Madison Graves sounds
I would love a video with all these experts explaining how they got to be in the situation they're in
Amy's would be easy...she is 5th generation chocolate maker ( ua-cam.com/video/li6b4MrF5cI/v-deo.html ) but I agree, everyone has an interesting story!
Wonderful to know! Thank you! 😊
Wow, this lady was really good at describing the components of her judging. Also, she definitely knows what she's talking about with some of her references. Her reaction to the final prices was hilarious though.
Why wouldn't a chocolate expert know what she's talking about? Or are you just being doubtful because she's a woman?
@@carolyne803 I'm often tempted to think that these experts don't always know what they're talking about, much like wine experts who can't tell cheap wine from really expensive ones.
Carolyn E
Sis calm down it was a compliment
Some experts dont know what they're doing this had nothing to do with gender
@@carolyne803 Because some of the experts on this channel do a bad job of explaining. Have you even watched this channel? You sound like you have some insecurities you should deal with. Gender is literally irrelevant to this conversation, as it should be.
falxonPSN she's a Guittard
ok but why is nobody talking about the beautiful chalk art in the back?
natalie | I was actually annoyed I couldn’t see it properly
Eleonore Bon, completely agree! They should have changed the composition knowing she'd be standing in the middle.
Eleonore Bon check out 08:30
QQ AA | She’s still standing in front of it.
because it's a chalkboard
The way she talks about chocolate makes me feel like I’ve been training for this career my whole life! Lol and to think... I’ve just been calling myself a chocoholic!
I never thought I needed this much of knowledge for chocholate
I freakin LOVE these expert taste tests!!!! Can listen to them all day
stvsueoka1 not me. She talks waaaaaaay to much. Just eat it. OMG
Nobody touch the like button it's at 666 likes
The point of the video is to educate people on the differences between expensive and inexpensive chocolate. The fact that she's very thorough in explaining what makes pricey chocolate pricey is worth more (pun intended) than what she thinks of its taste.
stvsueoka1 j
BeezeKillerBee the point was so she can educate people about chocolate. Would you really watch a video of a girl just eating chocolate for 16 minuets ??
The $550 one is misleading. It's an anniversary package where you buy a golden box full of 30-something very high quality chocolates. It's like buying a $200 collector's edition of a video game that has a massive figurine included and calling it the most expensive video game on the market.
From Wikipedia:
"To commemorate this French chocolatier’s 200th anniversaire in 2000, “Le Livre” (book, in French) debuted. Thirty-five chocolates (a mix of ganaches and pralines) are arranged in a gold-embossed leather box that resembles a handsome book, more like an encyclopedia. Fifteen years later, this beauty is still in the chocolatier’s portfolio, which also features truffles, bonbons, hot-chocolate chips, white-chocolate bars and “Pistoles De Marie Antoinettes” (gold coins)."
I knew there had to be something up, Most other videos when they had an extremely high priced product, the expert could usually even identify the exact product -- As would be expected.
The fact that most people in any hobby can identify the top of the line products within that hobby, I thought it was weird that she kinda blew off the $550 before it was revealed.
The most expensive brand of chocolate in the world is To'ak, a 50 gr chocolate bar may coast from $200 to $650. It is an ecuadorian brand made from a unique kind of cacao nib that was suposedly extint called "nativa", the ancestor of all cacao varieties. I leave you the link to the website if you want to check out their products and prices.
toakchocolate.com/
Saludos desde Ecuador 🇪🇨
Wiki OMEGALUL
Maité Larrea i was gonna comment about that! It’s soooooo yummy! It’s not really the chocolate that’s that expensive, it’s the presentation and the oak wood box it comes in. When I went to Ecuador I made my dad buy me one cause I was so curious and it’s absolutely delicious! Just too small
The price stated a bar of chocolate.... u might not be reading on the correct brand of chocolate in the video
I appreciate the fact she didn't make us feel bad for having only 0.89$ for a chocolate bar
When I first watched this a year or so ago, I was very much a dark chocolate person and had a somewhat unfair perception of milk chocolate based ony experiences with mass market brands like Hershey's - I decided to pick up a bar of good milk chocolate bar from a local chocolatier (Theo's here in Seattle) and sure enough, the fresh milk flavor really comes out and pairs well with the chocolate flavor. I still think I'm more of a dark chocolate person but I'm thankful my eyes have been opened to the joys of a good milk chocolate now!
YES!! There are so many grat craft chocolate makers. What you are tasting in most grocery store chocolate is sugar and vanilla. Try to find a dark milk chocolate, that will blow your mind. And seattle is a great place for craft chocolate, lots of good makers near by and one of the worlds biggest craft chocoalte festivals!
She is explaining everying in such an interesting way, i bet she could be an amazing professor since everyone would listen to her. Kudos for this series!
Or a cooking/baking school instructor.
With her family history she definitely knows what she is talking about. But once you eat a lot of chocolate and pay attention you can learn it too.
“Ok so we have cocoa powder here.”
(20 seconds later)
*-*coughing*-* “It’s- it’s dirt. It’s not cocoa powder. It’s just dirt.”
😂😂
HAHAHA
Huh..?
Baseball Expert guesses cheap vs. expensive infield dirt.
You explain Chocolate facts really well!!
As soon as she said Guittard... I was fully convinced. Yall get the best experts!
I wouldn’t be able to eat a $550 chocolate bar without feeling bad about it
Come on just once guilty free!
Children in Africa could have eaten that money.
I can and I have - Michael Scott
I wouldnt be able to not eat a full $3 chocolate bar without feeling bad about it
Are you the real Kelpy G😳😳😳??
Damn. Valentines day must suck for the guy
Underrated comment
Or extremely good depending how much time he puts into the research. Imagine her reaction when she gets a really good chocolate because he did his research. It's all about the perspective.
He probably sticks with flowers and a stuffed bear
I bet he hopes it does... ;)
Gets her skittles instead
4:23 my heart melted faster than the chocolate bar in my jeans pocket
amazing and very informative. I liked it a lot.
The expert is so interesting ! I love all the small facts she gave.
I'm glad to have Belgium, Germany and Switzerland nearby so that we can buy affordable good chocolate everywhere ^^
really i like German chocolate a lot more then Swits and Belgian.
Butter Cup OMG yes!! German chocolate is my favorite
Do you live in France
Can u send one for me?
The perfect job doesn’t exi-
CHOCOLATE EXPERT
Bounce Castle factory worker seems like a fun job too.
Subliminal 666 you can be a professional sleeper too (hotels and mattress makers hire these guys to sleep in luxury beds so they know that it’s a good bed)
SilverLexAJ how am I just learning this???
Subliminal 666 idk don’t ask me
Roadman Shaq :,)
not me grabbing the bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips from my pantry 😂
after watching this video im confient i could EASILY guess an expensive vs a cheap chocolate, she is very well educated on the topic and explained it in a very simple way
I actually learned a lot
These expert guests are really nice and informative.
Please bring this series back.
its the "You dont have to spend an arm and a leg" for me HAHAHHAHAHAHHA
I don't know why but I absolutely love these cheap vs expensive videos. It's great watching experts at work and the blinded test allows us to trust that they know what they're talking about :) Keep them coming please!
I want to see an "expert" fail a vodka test.
David Li If you have a look there is a video on youtube where a vodka expert taste tests cgeap and expensive vodkas and picks the cheap one 🤣
We like it because its an expert talking about what they are experienceing, and why they are experts, then that explenation is backed up by the fact that they guess which one is more expensive
these taste tests are the opposite of blind tests, they do this so that the expert can spot the cheap one by appearance which means they don't have to rely on their taste and are almost always right.
I'm an animator and I always take note to observe people's body language and facial expression.
And I gotta say, Amy has one of the most colorful facial expressions I've ever seen! She is just oozing with charisma with every word she speaks and the vibe she gives off makes people feel at ease.
Her body language is very bubbly and natural; always comfortable and relaxed. You can put her on mute and still smile watching her gesture while able to get a rough idea of what she is talking about; her body language really depicts her words. Normally, I don't comment on UA-cam but after watching her talk, I just had to. Like a Disney princess come to life!
Bakalar fellow animator wuuuuuu 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Wtf
lol how untrue is that? :D haha someone wants into her panties
Weird
Codefish
the main thing i learn from this series is you are what you eat for sure
I wish there were follow up videos to this with amateurs, home cooks, chefs, and food scientists tasting these; and, a video talking about each of the companies used in this video.