Color:	stealthy black cherry
Surface:	granite-top
Temper:	flat
Snap:	sharp low-pitch

dutched tannins hit w/ the force of headshots from a boxer while the sound’s on ‘off’; major leather, raw brazil/roasted hazelnut, chestnut; grilled toast; wet soil/humus/dusky oak; coconut; medium-well cocoa

Texture:	gritty & gummy
Melt:	suffocating peanut butter (ball gag)

bread & butter -> chestnut puree -> nut paste smeared on burnt toast for dutched marmite bread-spread

Power & poise eliminating acidity, & enough butter restraining the bitter lets muted-flavors come thru a tempered roast but an over-conched / super-fined spread creating way too much surface area for that peanut butter texture. CBS 1:1:0