To me it tasted the same. I don't see why it shouldn't keep the charcoal properties
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I'm stealing it
Yes it was just for the color combination. I could not detect a difference in taste. Activated charcoal has some benefits and is recommended in some cases, but it can also mess with the effectiveness of medicines.
Are you asking me if you can add it to a dark brown loaf to make it darker?
Yes, it is a pretty potent detoxifier. So definitely not a bread I would eat large quantities of everyday.
No, but it could be interesting. I guess it would probably impart a slightly ocean taste, which could be desirable in some occasions. Another thing I tried is dark cocoa powder, which has similar results color-wise, but obviously tastes like chocolate
I used a perfectly edible food grade charcoal. Something like this https://www.herbstore.gr/en/p/energos-anthrakas-food-grade-skoni. I got mine from a local spice seller
Looks good! I make bread with seeds very often, but never thought of adding olive oil to it. Did you try both versions? Here is my version with sesame seed covered crust:

I'm curios if you ever made olive oil bread and how they compare texture and taste wise

As you said here a lot of people here either like to downplay the differences between the distros or use them in a way that makes them not notice those differences. I'm with them in saying that if you plan to distro-hop just to change the DE you should probably learn how linux works, but there are definitely differences. Some examples: