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Country USA   
Type Brut   (70%)
Strain Amelonado   
Source Nicaragua   (La Patriota)
Flavor Earthen   
Style Rustic      
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CQ
Sweetness
Acidity
Bitterness
Roast
Intensity
Complexity
Structure
Length
Impact
Darth Chocolate: dark-energy / dark-matter entangled in the decoherence that casts the devil out of the devil
Appearance   3.1 / 5
Color: namesake pigment
Surface: heavy airside brush strokes; craters
Temper: blurry
Snap: bush wacker
Aroma   5.6 / 10
smoldering leatherback chair (roasted wood & hide)
Mouthfeel   11.8 / 15
Texture: dry
Melt: tar gum / prolapsed
Flavor   33.2 / 50
mocha cocoa with coffee ascendent -> wooden bitter -> plunges & sticks it some dirt -> pulls up soot 'n ash -> stringent grip at the close
Quality   12.7 / 20
In its roasted seed state, the last iteration of this type exhibits a pot of coffee with bottom dregs, quite unlike its initial release from the 2010 harvest. It narrows & confines the flavor considerably.

The ganache version displays a far more forgiving nature & mild manner.

Rather than split those differences, the balance in this bar rests squarely on the roast, tilting toward the embers beneath a long & strong firing to generate substantial torrefaction. While bold, it robs the already limited richness of this cacáo.

Nova would do well to lower the temperature & aim for a more composed temperament.

INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar; CBS (Cocoa mass / Butter / Sugar ratio): ~8:11:9

Reviewed November 20, 2012

  

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