Color:	darkest of the quartet (100 – 90 – 75 – 65) w/ red tints + more traditional Ecuadorian purple rays
Surface:	theater curtains
Temper:	ranges unevenly from its truer flat to intermittant polished sheen (molecular transfer from wrapper)
Snap:	another incredible earsplitter from Plantations; good cleave

mostly flat in keeping w/ Temper & deep roast signaled by Color; the anticipated high fruits & flowers of this varietal found in the 100 & to a much lesser extent the 90... GONE, replaced by a dark pocket of grains (yucca, rice) & coconut; overall grainy/waxy to the touch as rubdown reveals cacáo verde (green cocoa); aerates to the ever-more-common in Ecuador cinnamon

Texture:	dry powder to match flavor
Melt:	swollen despite no added butter (this along w/ Snap point to overly emulsified)

dried cocoa-cinnamon -> underlying green machinery runs the entire length (tobacco leaf, banana peel, palm frond) -> then the odd couple of chocolate: black olive + black mission fig dominate the day at mid-palate -> bitter coffee grounds -> rare appearance of balsa & eucalyptus together w/ mint overhang -> tails away small alcohol -> brazil & walnuts -> hits pay dirt & lands in loam w/ numbing astringency

Some good & rare finds along the spectrum (probably achieved thru underfermented polyphenols & employing raw cane sugar instead of the hyper-refined type creates much of that ‘green’ bias) but coarsely harmonized (heavy roast / light grind), in keeping with Plantations’ M.O. of living on / off the land... organic farming, building Rainforest Alliances, & generalized rough 'n rugged approach... Or, as outback survivalists caution, adventure is just another word for poor planning.

ING: cacáo beans, raw cane sugar, soy lecithin; CBS ~ 4:5:3