Blend 85%
by Nanea
Impact
Africa meets Polynesia; the most common with the more exotic.
The blueprint for this really gets the chocomaniacs salivating & their adrenaline flowing... especially those headstrong, independent, do-it-their-own-way type-Ts (short for Thrill-seekers) who'd rather be stranded on a strange deserted island in the middle of the night than rip open another bar of some tried 'n true (re: tired) single-origin. An entire sub-universe unto themselves, the only thing that comes close to matching this tribe’s sense of cultural identity is the hip-hop nation.
When it all melts thru, this bar will frustrate more than free their fanaticism, for madness is inspiration idling in neutral.
It turns out to be just un-ordinarily good.... a little kitty bar that purrs with pleasure.
The blueprint for this really gets the chocomaniacs salivating & their adrenaline flowing... especially those headstrong, independent, do-it-their-own-way type-Ts (short for Thrill-seekers) who'd rather be stranded on a strange deserted island in the middle of the night than rip open another bar of some tried 'n true (re: tired) single-origin. An entire sub-universe unto themselves, the only thing that comes close to matching this tribe’s sense of cultural identity is the hip-hop nation.
When it all melts thru, this bar will frustrate more than free their fanaticism, for madness is inspiration idling in neutral.
It turns out to be just un-ordinarily good.... a little kitty bar that purrs with pleasure.
Appearance 4.2 / 5
| Color: | buff brown |
| Surface: | the most normal looking of Nanea's bars |
| Temper: | semi-smudged |
| Snap: | middleweight |
Aroma 7 / 10
barnyard: horse, ham & hay
tobacco & leather saddle out back
coffee in the distance
tobacco & leather saddle out back
coffee in the distance
Mouthfeel 12.5 / 15
| Texture: | smooth paste |
| Melt: | abiding... to a lone Nib fragment |
Flavor 44 / 50
slow release... butter cream / low chocolate -> wooden bitter -> coconut shell -> light cardamom -> coconut-walnut cream highlight -> puffs out on faint charcoal
Quality 15.2 / 20
A tame 85%. Relaxed in fact.
Nanea's Hawaiian cacáos calmly modulate the most stout of varietals out of West Africa into a reclining contour. The overall subdued nature of this bar then further accentuated in a gentle conching, evidenced by that Nib fragment as well as Flavor (note to the barsmith: process further &/or filter the chocolate liquor thru a screen).
Reviewed March 28, 2013
Nanea's Hawaiian cacáos calmly modulate the most stout of varietals out of West Africa into a reclining contour. The overall subdued nature of this bar then further accentuated in a gentle conching, evidenced by that Nib fragment as well as Flavor (note to the barsmith: process further &/or filter the chocolate liquor thru a screen).
Reviewed March 28, 2013