Impact
Appearance 5 / 5
Color: | gamma brown x tinted frost |
Surface: | suitable for framing |
Temper: | impeccable semi-flat finish |
Snap: | hi-fi |
Aroma 9.1 / 10
high cocoa, cherry tendrils, big raspberry front -> smoking barrel of rum-soaked woodchips underneath -> hibiscus cloud in the distance; hazelnut & moss on the rubdown
Mouthfeel 14 / 15
Texture: | lush stuff all the way down... |
Melt: | ... a gulpable chocolate river w/ continuous rapids over the melt |
Flavor 41.9 / 50
quick coconut date -> blackstrap tea -> wild berry rush -> back to molasses tea where fruit & herb have it out, tension never fully resolved; just when berry seems dominant & supreme, joined by a sweet tangerine-date, the progression lurches... curls back black & forth throughout a rising bitter tobacco leaf... cocoa somehow holds it up from completely disintegrating -> green ash vapor trail
Quality 16.2 / 20
Some unique flavor compounds. A roast that never truly decides which way to go at the proverbial fork so it heads right down the middle into a bramble patch. In the end, dark burnt-aspects carry the day.