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Real Chocolate: Over 50 Inspiring Recipes for Chocolate Indulgence

By Chantal Coady

Published 2003

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Real chocolate should melt when held in the hand for a few seconds. The reason for this is that cocoa butter is solid and crystalline at 33°C, but melts at 34°C. The speed of melting is an indicator of what proportion of cocoa butter the chocolate contains: the higher the proportion, the better quality the chocolate, and the faster it melts.