How to sell a $300 chocolate bar

Re:How to sell a $300 chocolate bar by jdietrich on Saturday February 24, 2018 @05:44AM (#16452688)

The classical world has created a tautological definition of violin quality - a good violin is one that sounds most like a Stradivarius. With modern luthiery techniques, it's not difficult to build a relatively inexpensive instrument that's brighter or darker or more powerful or has more complex overtones, but any "improvement" will be perceived as a deviation from that ideal. Blind tests of violins are remarkably rare, which I think is a largely deliberate decision.

I'm reminded of the Judgement of Paris:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Paris_(wine)

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Re:How to sell a $300 chocolate bar by kpil on Saturday February 24, 2018 @09:33AM (#16453369)

I happened to see a YouTube blind-test of a flute, and the next to cheapest flute won.

But blind testing is also hard, maybe you need to listen or taste for days,not just a few minutes.

I suspect a lot of sugar and artificial flavours are added to products as people are reacting favourably in 30 second blind tests, but given a chance they would appreciate the nuances of less engineered products. The sugar and the esters are getting old fast.

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