Impact
No Tamil Tiger, just chocolate delicately embroidered right onto the gnostic 6th chakra (3rd eye). Full of intuitive & illusory flavors; like trying to clutch a shadow or lick the hole of a donut.
Appearance 4.1 / 5
| Color: | deep red on dark brown for indigo cast |
| Surface: | grease spots, scuffs, & swirls |
| Temper: | good gloss |
| Snap: | low thud |
Aroma 7.6 / 10
smoked tea & the inside of mahogany
Mouthfeel 12 / 15
| Texture: | denture wearers beware: thick w/ a lot of grip.... |
| Melt: | .... once going, moves like a breeze |
Flavor 43 / 50
rough intro on chocolate woad -> quickly straightens up fresh young coconut cream -> spiced with cassia leading to Sri Lankan wattalapam -> citric sparkle of black Ceylon tea steaming at very high, rarefied altitudes, right up there around Nuwara Eliya -> vapors of hibiscus (especially its rhubarb component) & vanishing jujube-type tamarind -> goes south like the down of a duck in winter... breadfruit creating illusion of local breakfast favorite - ‘milk hoppers’ pancakes
Quality 17.3 / 20
Butter smoothly mediates smoke-drying technique & firm roast for archaic Asian accents in this Criollo-leaning bean.