Impact
Some rate Dark Chocolate using the Schmidt Sting Pain Index -- a scale that measures the relative pain caused by the stings of nearly 80 species of insects in the Hymenoptera order (wasps, bees, ants, et.al.). Entomologists subject themselves to stings, ranking & describing them in colorful detail (sort of like the C-spot™ for ouch!). One sting, for instance, produced "trembling in the form of a totally uncontrollable urge to shake the affected part".
Bitter chocolate likewise can do that.
Just stick the tongue out & say 'ughhh'.
Oh, no worries… plenty of balming sweet spots here to balance things out.
Bitter chocolate likewise can do that.
Just stick the tongue out & say 'ughhh'.
Oh, no worries… plenty of balming sweet spots here to balance things out.
Appearance 4 / 5
| Color: | blushing crème-rouge |
| Surface: | professionally unspectacular; backside brush marks |
| Temper: | cool in defiance of its warm processing |
| Snap: | uplifting |
Aroma 9.3 / 10
Mouthfeel 13.5 / 15
| Texture: | round surrounds |
| Melt: | long legs |
Flavor 43.1 / 50
powers up 3-C -- cocoa / cream / caramel -> balsam of Peru / vanilla -> starfruit sweet spot juxtaposes bitter-roasted coffee grounds (what polarity), the twain vie for supremacy only to finish in a virtual tie to the bittersweet end -> late woods ear mushroom
Quality 16.3 / 20
Franck Morin, ensconced & entranced in France, apparently by Peru. How else to explain this his umpteenth bar from that origin. Has anyone covered a country more extensively than he? And with such broad range of diversity -- both geographically & organoleptically -- within it. Crown him the King of Cocoa Peru.
Yet another bar from this venerable house of chocolate that delivers satisfaction. Strikes a golden median between Bruts and Cloys seeing how Morin here caters to both in a single melt. One that steadies right on the fulcrum & stays there.... poised in a pose... which way it never goes.
Deft.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, lecithin
Reviewed March 29, 2018
Yet another bar from this venerable house of chocolate that delivers satisfaction. Strikes a golden median between Bruts and Cloys seeing how Morin here caters to both in a single melt. One that steadies right on the fulcrum & stays there.... poised in a pose... which way it never goes.
Deft.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, lecithin
Reviewed March 29, 2018