Various Bars
by Videri
Impact
MIddlebrow drafting on North Carolina's budding premium chocolate scene (most notably French Broad and Brasstown fka it's chocolate).
The following details a Chocolate Daily Trifecta –- 3 reviews in 1. For the sake of publishing efficiency, they’re consolidated into this single review. The overall rating & metrics (upper right) reflect a composite average of each bar's individual measures.
Appearance 3.3 / 5
| Color: | inkjet brown |
| Surface: | scratchiti & swirls |
| Temper: | dim |
| Snap: | sheared subwoofer |
Aroma 6 / 10
90%
standard leather-strapped cocoa
Classic Dark
more of the same but with a pronounced nut insert
Dark Milk
vanilla pounds the nostrils inside some tar pits
standard leather-strapped cocoa
Classic Dark
more of the same but with a pronounced nut insert
Dark Milk
vanilla pounds the nostrils inside some tar pits
Mouthfeel 10.8 / 15
| Texture: | some grain & stiffness |
| Melt: | mid-length |
Flavor 36.4 / 50
90%
as suspected, a basic & bitter chocolate of a potted soil undergird + a leather back & little else
Classic Dark
nut bag filled with almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts before leather & tree bark squash them -> washes away burnt raisin-cocoa syrup
Dark Milk
malted vanilla-caramel -> those roasted / burnt nuts & cocoa hungover from the Classic Dark (above) -> ends with the first & only clear dairy note
as suspected, a basic & bitter chocolate of a potted soil undergird + a leather back & little else
Classic Dark
nut bag filled with almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts before leather & tree bark squash them -> washes away burnt raisin-cocoa syrup
Dark Milk
malted vanilla-caramel -> those roasted / burnt nuts & cocoa hungover from the Classic Dark (above) -> ends with the first & only clear dairy note
Quality 12.7 / 20
90% (Edition #502)
Good Foods award winner... which says more about the standards of that certificate than about the quality of this bar
Classic Dark (70%; Edition #488)
Generica; probably bulk Ecuador & West Africa blended together & then over-roasted for good measure
Dark Milk (Edition #451)
Supposedly crafted without any vanilla &, if so, the triumph of the set because it demonstrates seed selection to mimic traditional milk chocolate which typically contains vanilla extract.
In sum, durable factory goods.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter; for Dark Milk add milk powder
Reviewed February 9, 2015
Good Foods award winner... which says more about the standards of that certificate than about the quality of this bar
Classic Dark (70%; Edition #488)
Generica; probably bulk Ecuador & West Africa blended together & then over-roasted for good measure
Dark Milk (Edition #451)
Supposedly crafted without any vanilla &, if so, the triumph of the set because it demonstrates seed selection to mimic traditional milk chocolate which typically contains vanilla extract.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter; for Dark Milk add milk powder
Reviewed February 9, 2015