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Country France   
Type Semi-Dark   (52%)
Strain Amazon   
Source Ivory Coast   
Flavor Earthen   
Style Industrial      
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Got peanut butter in this chocolate. Reese's bar.
Appearance   4 / 5
Color: dark dirty brown
Surface: evenly finished
Temper: semi-gloss
Snap: muffled; sheared edge
Aroma   6.1 / 10
standard baseline: dried coconut, leather, tobacco cut by vanillin &, interestingly, peanut butter
Mouthfeel   9.8 / 15
Texture: dry, powdery
Melt: viscous
Flavor   34.8 / 50
throws cocoa beans to the peanut gallery & lots of peanuts come back -> cocoa powder -> brown sugar caramelizes as vanillin chews into it... runs a little oily, reflecting vanillin's petrochemical source -> coconut shells -> dry tannic dust & trace anise at the back
Quality   14.1 / 20
LCD material. Stout for a 52%, hence why several chocolatiers use this for couverture. Thru all its flaws (where to begin? - texture, indifferent ferment, bulk quality bean, vanillin, steamed processing), still maintains respectable enough flavor - at a cheap price too!

  

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