Impact
Chocolate from the anti-Tcho League: no tricked-out labs or major financial clout... hi-tech’s alter-ego here rolling in on intuition & gut instincts. These guys are Paul Newman style centrist-renegades; strictly going for the goods & unassuming in letting you, along with Elizabeth Browning, count the ways... to hit the C-spot™ with basic chocolate flavor: pop, snap, crack, cut, blast, bounce, ricochet, sway, flow, fluid, buoyant, spread, smother, caress, kiss, & on & on... in 1 bar no less.
Gets your chocolate on & the party started.
Gets your chocolate on & the party started.
Appearance 4.6 / 5
| Color: | burnt umber w/ infra-maroon tint |
| Surface: | solid print; macro-nibs splayed over the back |
| Temper: | good thick gloss of heavy quality reflecting homespun roots |
| Snap: | more clack than a magnetic purse button; sheared break-wall despite nibs |
Aroma 8.5 / 10
dry wind of cottonseed oil, vanilla cocoa, & hibiscus marshmallow -> oxidizes to cured guanabanana ferment
Mouthfeel 13.2 / 15
| Texture: | crunched velvet |
| Melt: | active flow around pop & crackle |
Flavor 43.9 / 50
aero-dynamite: ignites a marshmallow cherry-bomb -> cocoa swirls in w/ glazed apricot, quells the blast for quiet fruit-cocktail dissipating into the deep chocolate of shrapnel nibs -> grows oddly tender as butter rolls up to soothe & caramelize the edges, caressing nibs & sidling the bar toward a center-point chocolate corner kissed by hibiscus
Quality 17.4 / 20
That Santander-like cherry cordial opener fades quickly as nib action catches up to it. Still, feels sweeter than advertised considering it’s 70% + nibs. Ultimately craters plain & simple in a multi-structured way as The Bros keep true to their seeming aim for centerline chocolate flavor. Among their most polished conch-jobs (in spite of nibs), creating that melting contrast into a caramelized roast.