Box Chocolate Review

Chocolate Celeste

Info Details
Country USA   (St. Paul, MN)
Style Mainstream      
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med
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CQ
Sweetness
Intensity
Complexity
Impact
Among the creamiest textures in existence that continually sink off & tail away from the palette, often taking prime accents along with it.
Presentation   3.9 / 5
enrobed squares & truffled hemispheres; standard visuals in brown & pink ribbons; think Chloë Doutre-Roussel’s pink puff pamphlet in a box
Aromas   3.4 / 5
butter-creamed
Textures/Melt   9.8 / 10
Shells: medium-gauge
Centers: hyper-creamy, occasionally leaving waxy/buttered after-feel
Flavor   38.7 / 50
generally New American forward (medium tilt)
Quality   21.3 / 30
Uneven
Selections
Couverture: Schokinag
White Mystery #1 – creamy-delish but what is it?; nondescript, banquet hall ornament
White Mystery #2 – same as #1
Chai – full-on creamed 5-spice deluxe; finishes on butter crème
Mocha – frothy double whip latte ‘til the butta comes home
Coconut Crème – bottled daiquiri; sweet to make the teeth hurt
Red Raspberry – more of the same base creamery base; jammy
Dulce de Leche – indistinct; resembles the White Mysteries (above)
Passion Fruit – tiny subtle; dives in the vat of cacáo black; excellent
Milk Chocolate ParfaitQueen Bee Garden honey flavor hairpins into candy store variety
Champagne – shy & even, w/out effervescence; restraint w/ class
Golden Cinnamon – stands straight in the sinking texture of ganache; tails into a vanilla butter crème; respectable
Celestial Sweetie – trace too sweet, otherwise signature piece

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