Impact
Appearance 4.1 / 5
Color: | tri-chrome: phosphorescent black, brown & white frost |
Surface: | marble sheet |
Temper: | semi-gloss glide |
Snap: | neutral |
Aroma 9.2 / 10
air-pocket of flowers; soft intensity reds; banana-mallow bent around vanilla; honey-cream; sublevel cocoa – all to great anticipation
Mouthfeel 13.4 / 15
Texture: | flesh w/ just a tease of resistance |
Melt: | collapses well enough to dry |
Flavor 46.9 / 50
instant honeysuckle-rose bomb -> slides out into the spice-cake heart-of-the-experience -> fast acting melonic acid hangs on vines leaving astringent mint clearing -> chocolate loiters an innocent bystander thru-out length but it’s really a high-powered accomplice, like hiring Patty Hearst to do the bidding
Quality 19 / 20
Ambrosial girlie stuff, a play of clean flavors, but with architectural power furnishing a revealing comparison between itself & Santander’s treatment of practically the same bean at the same percentage. Subtle differences in approach (Guittard roasts fractionally more; conches slightly less) yield markedly differing results.