Impact
Zotter the chocolate radical.
Lots of money flows thru the Panama canal. But of all the wealth, the indigene population gets it & feels it the least. So in solidarity they’ve discovered cacáo for themselves which requires a simple, caring hand & knowledge of the surrounding environment. Because it thrives among biodiversity, it helps protect traditional cultivation in the forests.
Those cacáo forests, V.S. Naipaul wrote, are settings for otherworldly fairytales – mysteriously dark, wooded landscapes with shafts of sunrays, almost lunar in their light.
The milk in this bar comes from opposite heights: Tyrolean cows ambling like unicorns while grazing on mountainside meadows over in Europe.
Put ‘em together & picture Zotter imitating the Gloved-One fronting Van Morrison’s Band... &, hit it – ‘everybody’s Moonwalking in this SunMilk Chocolate’.
Lots of money flows thru the Panama canal. But of all the wealth, the indigene population gets it & feels it the least. So in solidarity they’ve discovered cacáo for themselves which requires a simple, caring hand & knowledge of the surrounding environment. Because it thrives among biodiversity, it helps protect traditional cultivation in the forests.
Those cacáo forests, V.S. Naipaul wrote, are settings for otherworldly fairytales – mysteriously dark, wooded landscapes with shafts of sunrays, almost lunar in their light.
The milk in this bar comes from opposite heights: Tyrolean cows ambling like unicorns while grazing on mountainside meadows over in Europe.
Put ‘em together & picture Zotter imitating the Gloved-One fronting Van Morrison’s Band... &, hit it – ‘everybody’s Moonwalking in this SunMilk Chocolate’.
Appearance 4.5 / 5
| Color: | oh man, classic tan |
| Surface: | textured vinyl |
| Temper: | soft lotion w/ some fat globule separation |
| Snap: | 40%... who’s kidding who? sounds-off in the low 60s; some striations along the break wall to confirm Temper |
Aroma 8 / 10
1st snort – plodding in vanilla-caramel; then the cows amble down into deep mocha toffee -> sniffs of straw & grass wrapped around their hooves -> tiramisu top
Mouthfeel 14.2 / 15
| Texture: | heavy yet hyper-smooth & mouthwatering |
| Melt: | long glide |
Flavor 46 / 50
bathes in pure cream caramel -> perspires salt & in a surprise reverse-motion bends butterscotch toward simple cocoa butter -> dilates oil-roasted almonds & cashews -> vanilla between their stop gaps -> slides over a skin of tiramisu -> trace mineral (calcium) at the back
Quality 18.1 / 20
Dubious choice to subjegate this already mild origin (Panama), especially in a lowly 40% Milk Choc format. Doubly so that cacáo butter outweighs cocoa mass in the fornulation. Add in a healthy dose of vanilla & stronger-than-usual dairy cows to cast ever more doubts.
A BIG Milk Chocolate – straight & honest yet bold & novel – that eclipses its ~40% sugar count. No wild note signatures. Just deep-taste cured in a hotter roasting temp to max this bean, complimented by an intense but short (15 or so hour) conche.
Simultaneously draws out the elements & melds them into a compound. Zotter then salts it away... literally (see ingredients).
ING: raw cane sugar, cacáo butter, full cream milk pwdr (21%), cocoa mass, vanilla, salt
Reviewed Summer 2010
A BIG Milk Chocolate – straight & honest yet bold & novel – that eclipses its ~40% sugar count. No wild note signatures. Just deep-taste cured in a hotter roasting temp to max this bean, complimented by an intense but short (15 or so hour) conche.
Simultaneously draws out the elements & melds them into a compound. Zotter then salts it away... literally (see ingredients).
ING: raw cane sugar, cacáo butter, full cream milk pwdr (21%), cocoa mass, vanilla, salt
Reviewed Summer 2010