sample. The hammy or smokey notes in Brazilian beans
have been reported by Lopez and McDonald (1981).
The flavour could be caused by adsorption of phenols
from smoke during the drying of cocoa or be generated
from isovaleric and isobutyric acids.
The responses from the panel on chocolate made
from medium-pH range beans are shown in Figure 3a
and 36 (Ghana and Nigeria, respectively). Both samples
had no acidic, hammy, musty or weak chocolate