First, some local shops do start the whole process with cocoa be

Second, you are right that most shops use 已经制好的巧克力块. The differences are they are made of different batches of beans. Some batches are simply better than others. It is the same as those in wine- and beer-making. For example, the grapes from the same wineyard are much better in some years than other years. It is determined by weather. This applies to chocolate making as well. Excellent shops are very picky on their beans and chocolates. They would pay higher price for them. That is one of the reasons that their final products are pricier. This won't apply for big manufacturers.

As for the winners in free market, I think they are different things. The winners must have good products. Otherwise, they won't win the customers. But that doesn't mean they have the best products. I will stop here since we are talking about food, not economics, which is a much larger topic :)

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• 你的意思是说巧克力块的质量，这是可能的。所以啊，小作坊没有钱买贵的。另外， -咪呜- ♂ (126 bytes) () 11/27/2014 postreply 11:39:27

• ??? -老恐龙- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/27/2014 postreply 12:00:57

• 什么意思？ -咪呜- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/27/2014 postreply 12:08:07

• 你咋知道小作坊没钱买? 太主观了吧? -老恐龙- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/27/2014 postreply 12:10:33

• 哦，三个问号是这个意思啊。总体来讲，小作坊的的确不行。你不这样认为就不这样认为吧。我说我的经验之谈。 -咪呜- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/27/2014 postreply 12:15:21

• 也不一定是小作坊就没钱买贵的。我觉得可能是每家店所针对的客户群不一样， -加州阳光123- ♀ (339 bytes) () 11/27/2014 postreply 16:17:17

• 还不去过节？你们那里几点了？我们这里很晚了。但今天因为家里事情，弄 -咪呜- ♂ (542 bytes) () 11/27/2014 postreply 16:34:18