Impact
Might 85% refer to the degree of rawness as much as the cacáo-content in a chocolate equivalent of the pregnancy test?
When asked just how raw this is, Santiago Peralta of Pacari Chocolate takes a refreshing, candid & heroic stance in light of all the Cocoa Myth-information out there. His gestures as well as words come clean.
So maybe the time has finally arrived for all raw makers to follow Santiago's lead. Either that or the niche should just call "raw chocolate" L.I.P. Service for Lower Impact Processing, ala Domori.
Silly though to think so logically, even when such a flexible definition suits the times. In a world where the U.S. Govt classifies pizza sauce as a fresh vegetable in school lunch programs & Twizzler's™ a fruit, a new relaxed standard of "raw chocolate" could yet be pure prescription-grade meds right next to the Adderall™ in the nurse's cabinet that pacifies Johnny & Jamal into submission to sit still in class.
So much for kids playing & being like kids... leave that now to the adults.
When asked just how raw this is, Santiago Peralta of Pacari Chocolate takes a refreshing, candid & heroic stance in light of all the Cocoa Myth-information out there. His gestures as well as words come clean.
So maybe the time has finally arrived for all raw makers to follow Santiago's lead. Either that or the niche should just call "raw chocolate" L.I.P. Service for Lower Impact Processing, ala Domori.
Silly though to think so logically, even when such a flexible definition suits the times. In a world where the U.S. Govt classifies pizza sauce as a fresh vegetable in school lunch programs & Twizzler's™ a fruit, a new relaxed standard of "raw chocolate" could yet be pure prescription-grade meds right next to the Adderall™ in the nurse's cabinet that pacifies Johnny & Jamal into submission to sit still in class.
So much for kids playing & being like kids... leave that now to the adults.
Appearance 2.8 / 5
| Color: | violet raw... how become so dark as thou are? |
| Surface: | scuffed, flaked, chipped |
| Temper: | cloudy |
| Snap: | brittle cleavage |
Aroma 7.2 / 10
Pacari labeled up to the max with more endorsements than a NASCAR driver:
Whenever packaging boasts so many certificates like this it's usually a sure sign of propaganda.
In Pacari's case, however, it's mostly true & this bar exudes a very direct-scent of export jute sacks filled with cocoa beans on some wooden plank
USDA Organic
EC BIO
Kosher
BCS ÖKO
Pure Ecuadorian Arriba Nacional
Made from Tree to Bar at Origin
Socially Responsible
Gluten-free
& the list goes on... including a jab at FairTrade with "Equitable Trade"
Whenever packaging boasts so many certificates like this it's usually a sure sign of propaganda.
In Pacari's case, however, it's mostly true & this bar exudes a very direct-scent of export jute sacks filled with cocoa beans on some wooden plank
Mouthfeel 12.7 / 15
| Texture: | the most considerate / comfortable part of the experience |
| Melt: | easy |
Flavor 35.9 / 50
ishpingo / cinnamon -> raw brownie (incredible -- cold uncooked char!) -> a flickering fruit acid against pure sheet rock -> wood escalates into bitterness with a root beer veneer (a back-cross to the cinnamon opening) -> cocoa butter fat calms the insurrection -> gypsum, caulk, chalk & vague cocoa for the plunger
Quality 14.8 / 20
Splits the difference between Pacari's Raw 100 and Raw 70 & begs whether all this might be unnecessary.
At 85% this seems more "raw" than either of those which display decidedly cooked notes, or at least more developed ones, in their earlier releases a couple years ago. The character here maintains a raw edge throughout; quite random, even derelict.
Unlike many "raw" bars, this has very clean & clear flavors however; no dirt, molds or stringent offsets, save for the end which provokes a grimace or two... or three.
Chalk those up, literally, to bitter medicine; & to the relative inexpense of health care nowadays seeing how "raw" cacáo, promoted as a storehouse of antioxidants, could possibly deliver nutritional benefits & spare Americans until Obamacare coagulates the political bloodlines starting in 2014 for good.
ING: cocoa mass, sugar, sunflower lecithin
Reviewed December 6, 2011
At 85% this seems more "raw" than either of those which display decidedly cooked notes, or at least more developed ones, in their earlier releases a couple years ago. The character here maintains a raw edge throughout; quite random, even derelict.
Unlike many "raw" bars, this has very clean & clear flavors however; no dirt, molds or stringent offsets, save for the end which provokes a grimace or two... or three.
Chalk those up, literally, to bitter medicine; & to the relative inexpense of health care nowadays seeing how "raw" cacáo, promoted as a storehouse of antioxidants, could possibly deliver nutritional benefits & spare Americans until Obamacare coagulates the political bloodlines starting in 2014 for good.
ING: cocoa mass, sugar, sunflower lecithin
Reviewed December 6, 2011