Impact
Coffee & Cacáo go together like Frazier/Ali. In this particular mismatch, essential (coffee) blows out varietal (Madagascar cacáo) with the force of a Marshall headstack stuck on ‘10’.
Appearance 4.6 / 5
| Color: | opaque brown |
| Surface: | glassine |
| Temper: | semi-gloss |
| Snap: | got some pop |
Aroma 7.2 / 10
coffee grounds; sugar beets, woodnut; petrol
Mouthfeel 11.4 / 15
| Texture: | gravel |
| Melt: | enduring |
Flavor 41.1 / 50
café -> 1/2 city roast -> burns a stronger cup thru a grape recess -> wine must -> chocolate bend sneaks in cream thing -> citric espresso
Quality 17 / 20
Coffee dominant on the grounds that Madagascan chocolate here pulls a Rip Van Winkle & sleeps on it ‘til the end, when it wakes up with staggering citrus trying to even the match.