Almendra Blanca
by Goodnow Farms
Impact
Appearance 4.7 / 5
| Color: |
Nut Seed: dark scarlet 'n grey shells Dark Bar: gorgeous papaya-rose Bar with Almonds: blanched rouge |
| Surface: |
Nut Seed: a pack of flat-tops Bars: near perfect |
| Temper: |
Nut Seed: life's a bitch peeling these Bars: calm |
| Snap: | Bars: the sound of fortitude |
Aroma 8 / 10
Nut Seed -- a sweat sock in a laundry mat inside a locker room... whew
Dark Bar -- sweet sapling pools into another of Goodnow's now-patented concentrated marmalades
Bar with Almonds -- exudes its namesake (Almendra) inclusions (almond)
Dark Bar -- sweet sapling pools into another of Goodnow's now-patented concentrated marmalades
Bar with Almonds -- exudes its namesake (Almendra) inclusions (almond)
Mouthfeel 12.4 / 15
| Texture: |
Nut Seed: soft yet... Bars: built like its Snap foretold |
| Melt: |
Nut Seed: ... coarse Bars: long distance runners like the Tarahumara in Mexico’s Barrancas del Cobre |
Flavor 41.2 / 50
Nut Seed -- savory cocoa-latte -> onboard vanilla -> fleeting anise -> almond milk
Pure pleasure for a Nib
Dark Bar -- direct hit on mango -> quickly shifts to tannic cocoa -> undying citrus (targete marigold) -> peat-nuts -> gets Mex (cacti juice / agave / napoles -- sour barberry) -> mecaxochitl (Piper sanctum) -> clear stringent grip to the exit
Bar with Almonds -- those citric spasms in the Dark Bar (above) up against crushed almonds & the winner -- twang -- despite only 60% cacáo-content -> finishes out OJ-Almond Milk
Pure pleasure for a Nib
Dark Bar -- direct hit on mango -> quickly shifts to tannic cocoa -> undying citrus (targete marigold) -> peat-nuts -> gets Mex (cacti juice / agave / napoles -- sour barberry) -> mecaxochitl (Piper sanctum) -> clear stringent grip to the exit
Bar with Almonds -- those citric spasms in the Dark Bar (above) up against crushed almonds & the winner -- twang -- despite only 60% cacáo-content -> finishes out OJ-Almond Milk
Quality 15.7 / 20
Nut Seed -- encases latencies gleaned in the Dark Bar & checks them.
Dark Bar (Batch #1025) -- par for this origin's course: prickly. Goodnow backs off the processing for an allotment that mandates a bit more (sugar + flavor development) to this 77% cacáo-content.
Bar with Almonds (Batch #1026) -- awkward / forced.
INGREDIENTS:
Nut Seed -- whole seed
Bar: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter (for Flavored Bar add roasted almonds)
Reviewed December 7, 2017
Dark Bar (Batch #1025) -- par for this origin's course: prickly. Goodnow backs off the processing for an allotment that mandates a bit more (sugar + flavor development) to this 77% cacáo-content.
Bar with Almonds (Batch #1026) -- awkward / forced.
INGREDIENTS:
Nut Seed -- whole seed
Bar: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter (for Flavored Bar add roasted almonds)
Reviewed December 7, 2017