Impact
Appearance 4.1 / 5
| Color: | neutral brown shaded orange |
| Surface: | 1 of Dagoba’s best – actually looks finished, dare say refined (an exaggeration, of course) rather than the usual rustic |
| Temper: | waxed |
| Snap: | a bullet |
Aroma 9.6 / 10
fragrant alchemy: a complex of herbal teas & berries & wondrous fluidity – lavender leads way, blueberry sneaks thru, cocoa hiding beneath
Mouthfeel 12.1 / 15
| Texture: | semi-soft & dry |
| Melt: | tantalizer |
Flavor 32.7 / 50
sweet chocolate darkens to the lavender -> blueberries try to storm the event but repelled by an off burnt herb; the whole assembly flails around a subtle bang ending in cocoa syrup
Quality 12 / 20
With the fruit basket that is Dagoba’s 59% base, blueberry should be a natural dyad & lavender an accent. Instead they fall flat in a canceling effect, pulled down where gravity does its job & very little happens. The culprit: herbs roasted as much, perhaps even more, than the beans.