Impact
Rare evolution as cacáo becomes a seething adaptation, the product arising from coffee. Boffo, Slitti.
Appearance 4.7 / 5
another stellar looker from Slitti
another stellar looker from Slitti
Color: | jet brown w/ a splash of carmine |
Surface: | chunky panels & deep valleys on the scoring; pinprick blooms on back |
Temper: | oil-stained laminate |
Snap: | thumping bass, about right for 60% |
Aroma 9.4 / 10
power pack: snapping Turkish coffee blowing down the doors of aged mahogany; leather & a smoking Cuban cigar inside w/ bluestone underneath
Mouthfeel 12.3 / 15
Texture: | soft/gentle; slight dryness |
Melt: | patient; powder turns to bottom grinds |
Flavor 45.6 / 50
drops in espresso -> clean sugar hit -> heat vapors rise up seething smoked cocoa, infusing then tempering coffee on the way to growing in its own presence, so by the end it's coffee-accented chocolate; sweet currant at the very back w/ true centerline chocolate flavor; café flash points in the after-effects
Quality 18.2 / 20
Slitti was a coffee grinder before a chocolate maker. This shows he possesses consummate skill with both beans; the 2 never fully integrate as much as trade-off, enhancing by bringing out the best in each other, like Federer-Nadal punching civilly from the distance of the baseline. Great culinary media.