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Huila 85%

by Casa Luker
Info Details
Country Colombia   
Type Dark   (85%)
Strain
Source Colombia   (Huila)
Flavor Naked   
Style Mainstream      
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Walt White made blue sky, so why can’t Jet Blue fly in some chocolate smack?

On October 1, 2013 a Jet Blue flight attendant tried to smuggle heroin into Orlando Int’l Airport. Carla Alvarado hid more than 900 grams of it -- about 2 pounds -- underneath her uniform, disguised to look like… well, chocolate.

Alvarado admitted someone paid her $10,000 to transport it on a direct flight from Colombia.

Imagine if growers there could just sell their cacáo for similar profit. Quality & purity would go way up.
Appearance   3.4 / 5
Color: dirt brown
Surface: bloom in effect (either that or a little coca dust)
Temper: none
Snap: soft but sharp
Aroma   8.6 / 10
a bakery full of pastry puffs & warm caramel
Mouthfeel   12.3 / 15
Texture: dry paste
Melt: generous
Flavor   41.5 / 50
very much as the Aroma (above)
Oreo® cookie sandwich, cream applies a cooling effect -> sarsaparilla -> roasted twig -> ground nut (dirt included) -> black bitter -> surprise s'more softens a stringent finish
Quality   15 / 20
Plain, comfort fare. Shockingly tolerable for 85%.

Yeah, they're burnt, then practically every nuance rubbed out in the conche but no one accuses Casa Luker of artisanship.

The Huila region of Colombia, known more for coffee than cocoa, because its altitude makes it less suitable for cacáo.

Consider it the 'Huila Hoop' of Pop Chocolate… just goes 'round 'n 'round in simple loops. A good baker's mix for brownie batter.

  

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