Esmeraldas
by Villakuyaya
Impact
Take a seat inside a gastropub late one night. Next table over sits 3 elderly sisters (octogenarians & vibrant). Overheard in their conversation which startles & even raises eyebrows not to mention perks up the ears: shaving the pubic area. Huh. Well. Let’s lean in a little closer.
And they're shouting not just some little landing strip for lovers to descend & take off from, but right down to the bone.
Whoa.
Gotta hand it to 'em for being so publicly brazen. Reach into that bag & pull out some chocolate to offer them. Too experienced for old wise-tales like ‘never take candy from a stranger’, they accept. Gladly.
Unabashedly they carry on, explaining to everyone within earshot (like the entire room; hard-of-hearing &/or just sheer delight) that completely shaving their mons venus leaves the skin baby smooth (ahhhh, sort of, if memory serves right), a return to younger days, youth & feeling newborn.
Yeah. Right. OK. Maybe it does take a whole villa of sisterhood to get ya (ku)ya-yas off.
Hmmm, & the cocoa butter in this bar: equal to the task. Smooth.
And they're shouting not just some little landing strip for lovers to descend & take off from, but right down to the bone.
Whoa.
Gotta hand it to 'em for being so publicly brazen. Reach into that bag & pull out some chocolate to offer them. Too experienced for old wise-tales like ‘never take candy from a stranger’, they accept. Gladly.
Unabashedly they carry on, explaining to everyone within earshot (like the entire room; hard-of-hearing &/or just sheer delight) that completely shaving their mons venus leaves the skin baby smooth (ahhhh, sort of, if memory serves right), a return to younger days, youth & feeling newborn.
Yeah. Right. OK. Maybe it does take a whole villa of sisterhood to get ya (ku)ya-yas off.
Hmmm, & the cocoa butter in this bar: equal to the task. Smooth.
Appearance 4 / 5
| Color: | deep raven |
| Surface: | finely-scored front; molten back |
| Temper: | shifting optics |
| Snap: | on-pitch for the percentage |
Aroma 8.7 / 10
starkly true
solid bluestone granite -> dried fruit circulating about apricot -> palm frond
all undercut by a mineralogy + a late-breaking pepino melon! -> airs celery root
solid bluestone granite -> dried fruit circulating about apricot -> palm frond
all undercut by a mineralogy + a late-breaking pepino melon! -> airs celery root
Mouthfeel 12.5 / 15
| Texture: | respectable |
| Melt: | below the speed limit |
Flavor 40.8 / 50
faint fruit flash, alas, caught on a bromeliad branch -> stoneworks mines within bamboo -> alcohol point, almost tequila-like -> herbals
Quality 14.1 / 20
Initial classic bearing of the Esmeraldas varietal at the front yields to more fraught tendencies by the back end. Especially the alcohol tags which signal insufficient fermentation.
Even at 85%, Esmeraldas usually maintains greater poise. This frays early on, parched asunder but, to its DNA's credit, never comes completely undone.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter
Reviewed December 19, 2016
Even at 85%, Esmeraldas usually maintains greater poise. This frays early on, parched asunder but, to its DNA's credit, never comes completely undone.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter
Reviewed December 19, 2016