Impact
Appearance 4.9 / 5
Color: | black cherry |
Surface: | |
Temper: | matte |
Snap: | shears loud & straight |
Aroma 9.1 / 10
airborne espresso: 1/2-city / cinnamon-roast coffee (a li’l grass & snap) coated in walnut caramel
Mouthfeel 12.9 / 15
Texture: | big w/ fine-sand dregs |
Melt: | elapsed (reinforces flavor profile) |
Flavor 44 / 50
power coffee backed in cinnamon... long & strong -> chocolate kicker, shadowing a Salawesi Toraja type cup -> cream sensation from nowhere (maybe Macaïbo) whips up steady straightaway of deep mocha brew -> gradually tapers pastry cream ‘n butter & café
Quality 17.8 / 20
Phenomenal stature; coffee-driven (all aspect ratios of its brawny flavor) with a poise & generosity toward cacáo rarely seen. Both beans roasted bolt upright – Castelain deploying his dark Tradition blend which has resident coffee accents, amplified here to the Nth power, with cream (probably Macaïbo in the mix) drawing the opposition together, bridging their differences while enhancing both.