Impact
State Dept Travel Advisory: Warning - eating dried elephant dung straight off the savannah floor can be hazardous to your overseas trip, creating a situation of the bean vs. the brain locked in a test of nerves & a violent struggle for survival.
Appearance 4.1 / 5
| Color: | dirty as it ever was w/ a white-ghost translucence |
| Surface: | smooth plate |
| Temper: | semi-flat |
| Snap: | seismic |
Aroma 7.2 / 10
extreme ferment of dry dirt in a dank cave: earth driven - cocoa vines, moss, tobacco leaf / olive pits, buried truffle whiff
Mouthfeel 10.9 / 15
| Texture: | abandoned crumble cake swells into carcass blubber |
| Melt: | gripping glop-down |
Flavor 31.3 / 50
bitter savannah -> olive drop -> charcoal ash at back goes carbon black
Quality 17.4 / 20
Nothing but the bean - & tastes it. More savannah than forest & elephant grass instead of trees. Tempered flint-roast & merciful aloe-like butter, otherwise this is eating grave-dust 6 feet under as opposed to merely flat & dead. Difficult to ascertain exactly what, if anything, was accomplished here except Corallo works near miracles with a humble (at best) bean stock.