Impact
Pacari going, alternately, tango & meteorological on the choc-heads of taste-buds, Garûa being both a dance & a dry-wind.
The latter causes a clear misty fog that can be seen thru, like a veil of tears. The former can step quite fast & open ala tango nuevo to mirror the space between the 2 main Flavor Profiles in this bar (call 'em the Lead & the Follow) along with keeping up at the pace of its melt.
The latter causes a clear misty fog that can be seen thru, like a veil of tears. The former can step quite fast & open ala tango nuevo to mirror the space between the 2 main Flavor Profiles in this bar (call 'em the Lead & the Follow) along with keeping up at the pace of its melt.
Appearance 2.6 / 5
| Color: | light vermillion |
| Surface: | road weary… evidently Pacari hopping from one choc-head fest to the next & this shows… pelted with welts... |
| Temper: | … scuffs & nicks |
| Snap: | pre-snapped in transit |
Aroma 7.4 / 10
acetic acid lifts to uncover cacáo verde, the combination a sort of 'balsamic chocolate'…. unappetizing & stunted until the launch of a momentary spice shot centered around mint with stalks attached -> reclines back into some jute & dried wood bark (laurel)
complicated
complicated
Mouthfeel 12 / 15
| Texture: | fudge |
| Melt: | slight grain creates momentum on the fast side |
Flavor 45.2 / 50
brown sugar, very sweet, blows looong 'n STRONG & nothing but… stymied like its initial Aroma... finally, dry stringent wind heralds stone fruit -- a drupe without the flesh, just the pit & a few scraps of pulp clinging to it, renders the sense of fruit as well as blossoms (including those of gooseberry)
Quality 17.7 / 20
Another of those non-chocolate chocolates. Practially zero CQ (Chocolate Quotient or basal cocoa flavor). And of slow-to-almost-no evolution. Stuck… threatening a dud… until the very tail -- a cart without a horse; a sustain without an attack. Mysterious as a… well, garûa: a late-stage fruition blossoms forth then amasses in a confluential finale from Pacari's now customary retro-American processing. When it finally hits (& impatience will miss it having moved on, understandably, to the next entertainment) the impressions strike indelibly, & movingly in their own way.
Such sweet succulent acidity with a stringent streak interlining.
Quite consonant with Pacari's burgeoning portfolio, particularly aligned with its Nubé & Piura Quemazón profiles: chocolates constituted with special effects / affect. Shares some traits with Castronova's Sierra Nevada Colombia too.
Carpe Chocolatum: seize it before any ADHT impulse evades it.
Reviewed November 19, 2014
Such sweet succulent acidity with a stringent streak interlining.
Quite consonant with Pacari's burgeoning portfolio, particularly aligned with its Nubé & Piura Quemazón profiles: chocolates constituted with special effects / affect. Shares some traits with Castronova's Sierra Nevada Colombia too.
Carpe Chocolatum: seize it before any ADHT impulse evades it.
Reviewed November 19, 2014