90%
by Dolceria Bonajuto
Impact
Old-school Modica-style (appropriated from the Mexìcâ… unrefined, with just a coarse grind) meets modern marketing & branding.
A bar that adds up to S.N.U.F.F. (Serves No Useful Form or Function) other than a high-percentage chocolate for consumers who take cocoa for a medicinal superfood.
A bar that adds up to S.N.U.F.F. (Serves No Useful Form or Function) other than a high-percentage chocolate for consumers who take cocoa for a medicinal superfood.
Appearance 4.4 / 5
| Color: | dark shoe-leather brown |
| Surface: | textured |
| Temper: | polished |
| Snap: | biting lockjaw |
Aroma 4.8 / 10
neutered for a 90%
coconuts, tars sands & tire rubber… the benchmarks of West African cocoa
coconuts, tars sands & tire rubber… the benchmarks of West African cocoa
Mouthfeel 12.2 / 15
| Texture: | dry meal |
| Melt: | coarse sugar crystals dissolve quickly & get out of the way of full-fat roundup |
Flavor 37.4 / 50
cocoa with a peanut skin (fools of CCN-51's calling-card) -> black bitter -> cocoa butter balms it -> prophylactic latex
Quality 12.1 / 20
Brought by an honorary C-spotter directly from Sicily where Dolceria Bonajuto operates a transparent open studio. In it, visitors see that the staff of a dozen or so work from couverture rather than bean-to-bar, thus enabling it to concentrate on other areas of the production process & business. The enclosed pamphlet that comes with this bar beautifully depicts Dolceria Bonajuto venerable roots to the 19th century when it ground the raw cocoa kernels itself into finished chocolate, a tradition now carried on by others in the modern barsmith movement.
Any hope that this might approximate another 90% out of Italy (re: DeBondt's Arriba Jedi) are squelched with that peanut entrance… then sums to generica.
Completely non-violent however. Not a even a clash of compounds to file for divorce. Just a dulled separation / dissolution. An instance where vanilla, if employed, would actually serve to revive it some.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar
Reviewed June 10, 2014
Any hope that this might approximate another 90% out of Italy (re: DeBondt's Arriba Jedi) are squelched with that peanut entrance… then sums to generica.
Completely non-violent however. Not a even a clash of compounds to file for divorce. Just a dulled separation / dissolution. An instance where vanilla, if employed, would actually serve to revive it some.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar
Reviewed June 10, 2014