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Country USA   
Type Brut   (70%)
Strain Hybrid   
Source Hawai'i USA   (Hamakua; Menezes' Estate)
Flavor Spices & Herbs   
Style Rustic      
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med
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CQ
Sweetness
Acidity
Bitterness
Roast
Intensity
Complexity
Structure
Length
Impact
Pa’ao –- 1st of the Hawaiian Ali’i (or 'nobles'; ali’i nui = grand chief/lord). They preached & officiated over human sacrifices burned at the ahu (altar) in heiaus ('temples').

Specifically, leaking heiaus... sacred places entered into only by kahuna (priests) and alibi.

In that spirit, Madre sacrifices cacáo so that vanilla may rise forth.
Appearance   3.8 / 5
Color: violet brown
Surface: minor voids & divots
Temper: thin sheen
Snap: mute
Aroma   7.9 / 10
very vanilla driven into black toffee & peanut -> exhales short breathe of dragon fruit, then beeswax
Mouthfeel   12.1 / 15
Texture: medium weight
Melt: measured
Flavor   35.4 / 50
a double of its Aroma (except with the addition of black tea): comes on strong & long
Quality   14.8 / 20
The additive a bit too heavy as this becomes more a vanilla exposé than a chocolate bar though Madre professes only an infinitesimal amount which points to the overweening internet spice quotient in this cacáo. So much so that any additional vanilla would seem, at least in this particular case, unwarranted

The saving grace: fruited notes inherent to the this origin punch thru at the end, leaving a floral orchid pattern in its wake.

Reviewed February 7, 2012

  

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