Ink samples are just as advertised. I’m using them now and will decide which inks I want to order in larger quantities. Thanks

Great dark color and flow

Wanted to get a sample before the full bottle but i gopt the bottle anyways and I love the colorway. Very ☕️ esque

I like inks that have some body and personality. This one is great.

A nice, very dark and readable chocolate brown. Not the color for me, but still a great ink.

Flows well and has a crisp chocolate-covered-cherry color.Gosh I wish it weren't water soluble.

Milk chocolate going onto the page, bitter chocolate as it dries! Not necessarily a color I would choose, its general properties like flow and consistency make it good for a regular day to day ink. It could do with a little more shading, though overall it is a good alternative to black.

This ink is exactly what the name implies: a rich chocolatey brown. I've used it in my ECO broad on L1917 paper and it was beautifully wet with moderate shading.

My experience has been VERY different to most other reviewers of this ink. It has been my least saturated and slowest flowing ink so far. I am using my normally juicy Jinhao x750. The dry times for me are very fast compared to most inks. I like the color and there is zero feathering, even on cheap paper, but the flow is so bad I can't even finish using the sample. If the flow was wetter, this would probably be my brown of choice.

I bought this as part of the food ink sampler and have fallen in love! The ink flows beautifully. There's a bit of striation in the ink, which I absolutely adore. The ink itself is gorgeous and doesn't take quite as long to dry as I had anticipated. I thoroughly enjoy this ink and plan on purchasing a full bottle.

I test using a metal-nib dip pen and found this ink to be a moderately light brown with very light saturation overall. I prefer De Atramentis Oxblood (a darker, reddish brown) or De Atramentis Black-Brown (nearly an espresso color).

This is my first brown ink, and I am very pleased. Diamine is quickly becoming my favorite ink, and this brown is a good reason. It has nice saturation with a tint of gold. It is warm and earthy, the kind of colors I like. And, of course, the Goulet team packaged and shipped very well. Thanks gang!

I just received this sample and inked it in my new TWSBI Eco fine-nib pen from the same order. It is a beautifully rich and well-behaved ink, as most Diamine inks are. It's also fairly wet with a silightly longer dry time than other inks I use. In my Leuchtturm 1917 notebook, the color is so dark it's almost black (in fact, it's more saturated than Noodler's Heart of Darkness). On white Clairefontaine paper it shows its true colors as a deep, rich chocolate brown with slight shading properties. It performed well on both papers. I would highly recommend this in if you are looking for something warm and professional.

I really love this ink. I'm using it with a Japanese fine nib and it's very compatible. Good ink flow and never had a hard start or a skip. The color is very dark - it can look black-ish on some paper (depending on the lighting and angle you look at it from) and dark brown on others - particularly on cheaper paper. It dries fairly fast and I get no feathering (fine nib so take that into consideration). Very happy with this one - it's exactly what I was looking for.

Not what I wanted in a brown -- looks just like Chocolate Syrup. Very happy that Goulet lets us sample

Love this sample. It is a nice dark brown, that covers well, and flows nicely. Diamine is always awesome.

Yep, really does look like chocolate! What could be better?

Fast becoming my go to ink. Beautiful brown color, that IMO can be considered business appropriate in many situations. Seems to flow very nicely, hits the paper nice and wet, but seems to have reasonable dry times. Even my wife (who only uses black) has this ink loaded in her work pen.

My Hershey bar consumption went up when using this ink. It smudged a little more than I would like, even a week after writing the line. Not much, but definitely a little smudge. It's a lovely brown, with some shading. Not dark enough to be mistaken for black. If you're looking for a definite brown ink and don't mind a little smudging or the occasional craving for chocolate bars, give this ink a try.

Love the color. Strong chocolate color even with a fine nib. Dark enough to become my go to color for work, correspondence, journals... It's becoming my go to color for everything. The only drawback is that it will take from ten to fifteen seconds to dry. This with a fine nib. Not a problem with me, but it might be with note takers, wider nibs, etc.

Nice and dark brown almost black ink. It does not seem to shade much, but it is good otherwise. Does not feather too much. Wish it shaded a bit more.

Personal choice... Too dark and not on my list to use long term.

I wanted a dark chocolate, not a reddish one, and this is perfect!

I love Diamine. Bought Deep Magenta and Chocolate Brown a while back for my repaired Sheaffer and I am beyond pleased with the color saturation and the shading. Now I hope to add another bottle or two to my collection.Brian offers great service and his newly added app on the website shows off the wonderful colors Diamine has to offer, so if you want to see what Diamine is all about, check it out and get a bottle!

Very classy color. If you want to leave a solid grounded impression use this ink. No wonder it is supposed to be used for business. I like it for everyday writing as well. There is nothing chocolate about it, though.

This ink performs as one expects Diamine inks to do-splendidly. A wash test reveals orange undertones. It's quite a nice medium to dark brown ink.

I've been having such trouble deciding between this ink and Private Reserve Chocolat. This ink is more golden-toned, while Chocolat is a bit warmer and slightly redder. However, this ink is a darker brown, and looks fantastic everywhere. It's a truer brown. It's a great ink! If you're looking for a dark brown ink, then you should definitely give this one a shot.

Reminds me of 70% cocoa chocolate, deep and dark, no reddish tinge. Bought a bottle of this one.

I like this ink but was not as impressed with it as I am with Private Reserve's Chocolate. But nice

I was in love with this ink for over a year. I would use it at every opportunity. It flows freely and is very saturated. It's a gorgeous, dark brown that nevertheless would never be mistaken for black. (For black/brown ambiguity, Iroshizuku Yama-guri would be a better choice.)However, despite my strong enthusiasm for Diamine Chocolate, I'm giving it only four stars because it tended to leave some residue behind in the pen. In fairness to the ink, I hardly ever flushed the pen during the year that I used this ink. But I've found some other inks to be much more forgiving in this regard, so I'm deducting a star.Although I'm currently using other browns (Iroshizuku Tsukushi, which is not quite as dark, and Herbin Caf? des ?les, which is lighter and redder), I will definitely return to Diamine Chocolate, and flush with water more regularly.

I love the solid brown color of this, which doesn't have any red/orange or green hue like some other browns do, but it's got a significant smudging problem. On my Clairefontaine notebook and Rhodia pad, the slightest trace of any moisture/perspiration on your hand will cause it to smear and smudge somewhat, even days after writing. I can't expect every ink to be waterproof, but this is markedly worse in that department than any of my other inks.