Colombia 70
Honduras 62
Cuba 59
by Chocolate Design / Vanilla Beans
Impact
Joker Star Cluster in the 5-Star Stories manga by Mamoru Nagano pretty much sells void.
So does this bar cluster.
So does this bar cluster.
Appearance 4.4 / 5
| Color: | passion purple & roseate red |
| Surface: | hyper hygiene |
| Temper: | good gloss |
| Snap: | whimpering |
Aroma 7.2 / 10
smoked-vanilla, vinyl, & diatomaceous earth
dirty in spots
horse-mouth in others
dirty in spots
horse-mouth in others
Mouthfeel 12.8 / 15
| Texture: | standard |
| Melt: | undifferentiated |
Flavor 35.4 / 50
Colombia
flash fruit onto sweet nut meat & roasted cocoa… hangs simple like this with a vanilla backset… on & on… goes nowhere but there -> papaya in the deep rear recesses
Honduras 62
vanilla cocoa -> walnut fudge -> cream -> dark latte -> twigs 'n leaves -> charred nut skins
strong for a 62% cacáo-content
Cuba 59
vanilla cocoa milk -> caramel -> guess what? more nuts! -> malted cocoa -> unusual (for Cuba) orange apparition for a cocoa-orange creamsicle FX
No, 59 does not refer to the year of Fidel's revolt but rather the cacáo-content percentage. Uncanny Cuban with that orange impression. Otherwise this mimics the other two in the trio.
flash fruit onto sweet nut meat & roasted cocoa… hangs simple like this with a vanilla backset… on & on… goes nowhere but there -> papaya in the deep rear recesses
Honduras 62
vanilla cocoa -> walnut fudge -> cream -> dark latte -> twigs 'n leaves -> charred nut skins
strong for a 62% cacáo-content
Cuba 59
vanilla cocoa milk -> caramel -> guess what? more nuts! -> malted cocoa -> unusual (for Cuba) orange apparition for a cocoa-orange creamsicle FX
No, 59 does not refer to the year of Fidel's revolt but rather the cacáo-content percentage. Uncanny Cuban with that orange impression. Otherwise this mimics the other two in the trio.
Quality 12.1 / 20
Confusing.
1. Dunno if this company named Vanilla Beans or Chocolate Design because both are prominently listed. The latter as the manufacturer & the former as the contact (as well as the one appearing on the front label -- click image upper right to enlarge).
2. The 'Vanilla Beans' moniker infers vanilla usage. Moreover the flavor imparts as much. Yet none appears in the list of ingredients. Hmmmm.
3. Cacáo-content percentages seem low for such dark-toned bars.
Whatever the actual circumstances, the barsmith rubs out distinctions between origins for a standardized / homogenized confine similar to 21st century globalism where everyone hops the internets for lots of S.O.S. (Same-Old-Same).
Free advice to this company: save the hassle & expense, just buy cheap commodity cocoa from nearby (Indonesia), continue to smother with vanilla & call it a day rather than a craft chocolate.
Reviewed December 8, 2015
1. Dunno if this company named Vanilla Beans or Chocolate Design because both are prominently listed. The latter as the manufacturer & the former as the contact (as well as the one appearing on the front label -- click image upper right to enlarge).
2. The 'Vanilla Beans' moniker infers vanilla usage. Moreover the flavor imparts as much. Yet none appears in the list of ingredients. Hmmmm.
3. Cacáo-content percentages seem low for such dark-toned bars.
Whatever the actual circumstances, the barsmith rubs out distinctions between origins for a standardized / homogenized confine similar to 21st century globalism where everyone hops the internets for lots of S.O.S. (Same-Old-Same).
Free advice to this company: save the hassle & expense, just buy cheap commodity cocoa from nearby (Indonesia), continue to smother with vanilla & call it a day rather than a craft chocolate.
Reviewed December 8, 2015