Impact
Lindsey Jacobellis free-boarding off 8,000-meter Annapurna (the Hindu goddess of harvests/fertility), as safe & serene as Queen Mayadevi delivering Lord Buddha at birth in nearby Lumbini Nepal until, oops, true to form, she... whoa... snowface... but still puts one down all the way to Kathmandu.
Annapurna (Nepal)
Appearance 4.4 / 5
| Color: | lemerald (lemon/emerald) |
| Surface: | smooth |
| Temper: | matte |
| Snap: | literal |
Aroma 6.7 / 10
grout riverbed flowing w/ milk & honey bound in vanilla
Mouthfeel 13.2 / 15
| Texture: | silk & lace |
| Melt: | noticeably lower Melting Point even for a White; even & paced then picks up momentum & velocity along the progression |
Flavor 41.1 / 50
pearled sugar -> sweet cacáo butter the windpipe to semi-dark cocoa analogue -> peanut hiccup -> packed dairy powder under vanilla stippled in faint lemon -> turns out on a Snickered grout
Quality 16.5 / 20
Goes for the deordorant - SpeedStick™ for women so to speak - treated with alkalis, making this docile save for that mid-palate stumble (as well as dry finish [suspect milk solids]). Obvious parallels to another White from Chocovic – namely, Opal. The difference separating them is more than the one-degree of cacáo (butter) content. While both have a niggling peanut tone, Nepal tastes sweeter than its 1% higher sugar weight, attributable in part to a lighter roast & better balance to the vanilla; comes off fresher & adds more whiteness to the scheme.
Reviewed Spring 2010
Reviewed Spring 2010