Venezuela (Patanemo); Peru (Chulucanas); Milk 40
by Cacao Atlanta
Impact
Appearance 3.7 / 5
| Color: | faded |
| Surface: | dimples, bubbles & lots of frozen motion |
| Temper: | the proverbial 'flat as Georgia asphalt' |
| Snap: | all plucked up |
Aroma 7.6 / 10
Venezuela (Patanemo)
bark, topsoil, vegetal vines
Peru (Chulucanas)
about as close to a black tea bag as a bar ever gets
Milk 40
among the woodiest MCs ever, at any percentage
bark, topsoil, vegetal vines
Peru (Chulucanas)
about as close to a black tea bag as a bar ever gets
Milk 40
among the woodiest MCs ever, at any percentage
Mouthfeel 12.9 / 15
| Texture: | thick |
| Melt: | patient |
Flavor 38.7 / 50
Venezuela (Patanemo)
brown sugar 'n cocoa -> star anise -> biscuit -> turns considerably darker toward licorice while retaining the flour base now graham crackering some into a spice bread, including kola -> cream seam, then an almondine ending
Peru (Chulucanas)
black raisin in black tea -> black olive heralds serious bitter -> salted molasses -> burlap & other coarse fabrics -> stringent limestone (interpreted as "passionfruit" by the liner notes)
Milk 40
cereal grains -> spices (including brown sugar) -> malted-salted caramel -> powdered-dry white flower segues into milk powder marks -> terminates in that fabric pattern of Chulucanas (above) with a malted-cocoa weave
brown sugar 'n cocoa -> star anise -> biscuit -> turns considerably darker toward licorice while retaining the flour base now graham crackering some into a spice bread, including kola -> cream seam, then an almondine ending
Peru (Chulucanas)
black raisin in black tea -> black olive heralds serious bitter -> salted molasses -> burlap & other coarse fabrics -> stringent limestone (interpreted as "passionfruit" by the liner notes)
Milk 40
cereal grains -> spices (including brown sugar) -> malted-salted caramel -> powdered-dry white flower segues into milk powder marks -> terminates in that fabric pattern of Chulucanas (above) with a malted-cocoa weave
Quality 14 / 20
Venezuela (Patanemo)
75% cacáo-content; Lot 081141.01
Patanemo represents the poor orphan of sorts for Venzy chocolate. To lift it out of the ghetto there, Cacáo Atlanta elects to pair it with raw cane sugar & flavor abundantly evidences it. In the process the raw cane squashes the advertised red tones. Nonetheless, the best Patanemo since Mast Bros' way back when.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, raw cane sugar
Peru (Chulucanas)
75% cacáo-content; Lot 0701132.03
Promising start turns awful & regrettable.
Mediocre. A prone seed lot experienced before in French Broad's equally plagued Chulucanas 81%. Raw cane sugar simply futile here; in fact it exacerbates this regional cacáo's sickly sap-sweet tendencies.
Avoid it.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, raw cane sugar
Milk 40
40% cacáo-content; Blend 29; Lot 1024122.10
Sub-integration creates a sort of home-cooking comfort fare.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, cocoa butter, milk powder, raw cane sugar
Capsule Summary
Business savvy over crafts(wo)manship.
Reviewed June 4, 2015
75% cacáo-content; Lot 081141.01
Patanemo represents the poor orphan of sorts for Venzy chocolate. To lift it out of the ghetto there, Cacáo Atlanta elects to pair it with raw cane sugar & flavor abundantly evidences it. In the process the raw cane squashes the advertised red tones. Nonetheless, the best Patanemo since Mast Bros' way back when.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, raw cane sugar
Peru (Chulucanas)
75% cacáo-content; Lot 0701132.03
Promising start turns awful & regrettable.
Mediocre. A prone seed lot experienced before in French Broad's equally plagued Chulucanas 81%. Raw cane sugar simply futile here; in fact it exacerbates this regional cacáo's sickly sap-sweet tendencies.
Avoid it.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, raw cane sugar
Milk 40
40% cacáo-content; Blend 29; Lot 1024122.10
Sub-integration creates a sort of home-cooking comfort fare.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, cocoa butter, milk powder, raw cane sugar
Capsule Summary
Business savvy over crafts(wo)manship.
Reviewed June 4, 2015