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QUETZALLI
80%
74%
70%

by Wolter
Info Details
Country Mexico   
Type Semi-Dark   
Strain Criollo   (+ Hybridized [74%])
Source Mexico   
Flavor Crossover   
Style Old School      
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The Raramuri of Mexico make their sleeping arrangements so that they can wake during the night to discuss their dreams with one another. Prime time to conjugate too.

Now that’s smart & sexy.

This set of bars from Quetzalli might arouse similar reaction.
Appearance   4.1 / 5
Color: 80%: purple-crimson
74%: leaning mauve
70%: a bed of red
Surface: pro craft
Temper: flat
Snap: solid
Aroma   8 / 10
80%
Lot #16052017
sap-syrup
cured wood
stewed fruit marinade

74%
resin galvanized into fruited plumes swaddled in fabric

70%
Lot #14062017
to the 80% (above) add topsoil & deeper cocoa
Mouthfeel   12.2 / 15
Texture: coats the entire palette
Melt: somewhat staggered; slight nap
Flavor   45.9 / 50
80%
indeterminate starter... emerging cocoa in a wooded character -> agave -> tar 'n licorice root -> Mecaxochitl (Piper sanctum) aka hoja santa -> unexpected dried papaya -> green herb (tobacco) -> epazote

74%
soft & sweet chocolate bite -> cocoa Bosco® -> quiet caramel malt -> chia -> napoles -> fig -> flash frangipani -> squid ink

70%
drupe fruit pits into caramel... luscious & glorious... stays in this pocket forever & then some -> sweetness thickens toward medicinal syrup -> tremendous spread of flavor along vertical / horizontal axes -> cocoa malt

Quality   17.2 / 20
Mex cacáo, like its terrain, can be jagged, prickly.

By contrast, these regional origins -- Tabasco (80% and 70%) & Chiapas (74%) -- lie relatively reposed. Especially for their percentages, more so with the Chiapas; simpler... quite 2-dimensional. Tabasco on the other hand, though far from the most ranging array of flavor-complexes, coveys a depth & layered intricacies of aged qualities to approximate a 360º surround sensation. Its reputed Criollo herein represents a considerable chocolate & addition to cacáo's library of flavors.

A couple bars a cut above the field for Mexico.

INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter

Reviewed August 15, 2017

  

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