Goat Milk Peru
by Mānoa
Impact
Appearance 4 / 5
| Color: | swarthy tan |
| Surface: | brushed |
| Temper: | uneven: due to plastic wrapper transfer |
| Snap: | snappy attitude |
Aroma 6.1 / 10
segregated raisin, cream, cocoa & cereal integrate awkwardly into caramel-toffee (blame the goat)
Mouthfeel 12.6 / 15
| Texture: | smooth |
| Melt: | patient |
Flavor 34.3 / 50
caustic goat -> trenchant cocoa-caramel scraping the substrata of the Earth's volcanic core -> hits bottom & unleashes umami shrapnel all about twixt bitter & savor -> faint fruit (lucuma) -> evolves toward a sour flush (naranjilla... that lime-like / rhubarb resemblance) -> resolves dried molasses & caulk
Quality 13.9 / 20
Goat's milk, because of its added kick compared to cow's milk, requires a stronger cacáo to stand up to it.
Mānoa sees to that with 66% cacáo-content. Of all the goat milks out there -- Ezcasù's Dark Goat, the twin goats by Askinosie (Soconusco and Davoa) or the Zotter Ziegenmilch, this weighs in the heaviest. Nonetheless, it barely accomplishes the job however.
The flavors a bit jarring & disjointed even as they maintain, to Mānoa's credit, a precarious balance of forces.
Let's face it: where cow milk & chocolate are automatic, goat milk & chocolate are problematic.
Reviewed September 26, 2012
Mānoa sees to that with 66% cacáo-content. Of all the goat milks out there -- Ezcasù's Dark Goat, the twin goats by Askinosie (Soconusco and Davoa) or the Zotter Ziegenmilch, this weighs in the heaviest. Nonetheless, it barely accomplishes the job however.
The flavors a bit jarring & disjointed even as they maintain, to Mānoa's credit, a precarious balance of forces.
Let's face it: where cow milk & chocolate are automatic, goat milk & chocolate are problematic.
Reviewed September 26, 2012