Impact
Appearance 4.3 / 5
Color: | tanned strawberry blonde |
Surface: | ruddy & rowdy |
Temper: | glowing high-maintenance; stunning for Milk - even at 45% |
Snap: | perfect pitch for this or any bar, Dark or Milk; coarse, crumble cake oddly on the break |
Aroma 4.6 / 10
aromatically-challenged... 3-D - Dead Dairy Dooky - kills the pal: curdled buttermilk, barnyard cheese funk (parmesan) saved by pecan
Mouthfeel 8.2 / 15
Texture: | soft dry powder |
Melt: | fissiparous; crumbles all around |
Flavor 38.7 / 50
caramel rocks the mouth -> buttermilk then knocks the eyeballs out -> hard toffee smoke, deep & dark (incl almost the whole vanilla orchid - petals, stems, et. al. - though none added), pulls things down as decomposition sets in, the underside goes quaggy (moss) 'n buggy (earth worms)... fungus -> lone bitter nut in the back fired in light betel -> malingering after-effects despite rhubarb & bar's namesake lemon balm... vulcanized polymer ends it
Quality 12.8 / 20
Potential compost pile. Some may think what a use for Criollo, like turning a national forest into a golf course. But there's an exhibition here. Dark caramel roll (smoke-drying + later roasting) & the strong milk variety employed in the blend plays heavily on the lipase enzyme for an amateurish buttermilk jamboree. That the bean still cuts thru is a tribute to Java Criolllo's guts & grace.