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Country Italy   
Type Semi-Dark   (w/ Nibs)
Strain Blend   
Source Venezuela   
Flavor Naked   
Style Neo-Modern      
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Acidity
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Impact
5th of July; the anti-Domori Domori bar – fireworks over, smoke cleared... simple, even candy-like.
Appearance   2.4 / 5
Color: light brown / cream orange tint
Surface: lunar landscape
Temper: flat
Snap: loud; rough dry edge
Aroma   6.8 / 10
a periodic table of chocolate elements: acetic acid, carbon hydroxyls (alcohol), monosaccarhides / glucose (simple sugars) & yeast
Mouthfeel   11.7 / 15
Texture: gravel pit
Melt: choppy
Flavor   43.4 / 50
meek & overall mild: brown sugar w/ a drop of wintergreen birch -> early chocolate bang -> spun cream -> Porcelana-like simplicity & steadiness... no green notes, no alcohol, no low-ferment -> the nib impact? – crystalizes texture & taste as if carmelized -> fades naked chocolate
Quality   17.7 / 20
Strange & surprising: sugar rules out, as does bean selection. Domori’s own notes claim a “blend of Venezuela Trinitario-type”, lopping Rio Caribe & Carenero under the Trinitario mob label. Instead, a more pedigreed flavor progresses, possibly from Hacienda San Jose, a relaxed low-to-no Porcelana-type bitterness / acidity (maybe more of that stuff’s laying around than reported). Relatively modest cacáo-content (60%) seems justified on the surface because nibs should buttress it. That too ends up going by the boards, as these nibs only serve to reinforce overall sweet & light approach.

  

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