2007年10月13日土曜日

saturday morning

somewhat overslept, fairly hungry, 940 start.

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pralus - tanzanie
look - dark brown, some bubbling, some weird white thing 7.5~8
smell - somewhat corned beef, slight mushroom, blue/blackberry jam, slight woody/cedary, slight flowery, 8
taste - watery pasta, cocoa, astringency, slight meaty, roasty nut, more cocoa, some bitter, ending of coffee with slight caramel hint, length fades relatively quickly, but has pleasant toasty cocoa 8
balance - sweetness and back of the throat astringency dominate. a bit odd. acidity underplayed 7
texture - ok, felt like may have been slightly larger grains than usual 7.5

interpretation - a bit bitter/astringent, roasty but no exciting or fine characteristics. 7.5~8
summary - roasty, astringent, some fruit
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pralus - venezuela
look - a brown brown. smooth, some bubbling inside 8.5
smell - stinky, butter, cumin like tacos, popcorn, meaty, slight soapy element, 8.5~9
taste - caramelly? minty? swift change to raost, popcorn, mettalic butter popcorn, some roastd nut behind the ig roast,buttery, thick melty delicious, in balance, toasty bread, some meaty tastes, so rich, rich cocoa and roasty finish. good length of roasty butter. still going with nuttiness 9~9.5
balance - very nice. fairly harmonious. perhaps on sweet side if anything, but hardly noticeable. bitter somewhat present 9
texture - excellent. so smooth and rich. one of my favorites 9.5

interpretation - a simple chocolate in that it doesn't have a wide range of flavors, mostly intense roast and those flavors that offshoot from that. however, still very enjoyable, not to mention that the texture really really sells this choco. pure simple enjoyment 9~9.5
summary - roast, nutty/butter, rich, great texture
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(upper mid)
amedei - venezuela
look - very dark brown, minuscule bubbles. reddish tint. 9
smell - flowers, base soil smell, fermentacious, vanilla, wood, grape-skin thing, fruity flowers, like plums, slight incense 9.5
taste - sweet, flowers (chrysanthemum?), wow spiced woody, vanil, sweet, light pretty cocoa, more very light aromas, acidity in back, some woody elements again, powdery mouthfeel at end, clean cocoa mocha taste, sweet finish length. faint length of light sweet vanil, etc 9~9.5
balance - good, a bit on the sweet side, but i suppose that was intentional considering the floweriness of the choco 8.5~9
texture - nice. a bit powdery at the end, but other than that great 8.5~9

interpretation - sweet and flowers, some spiced refreshing woodyness. really exciting light choco. there's certainly a weight or a body anchoring it, which makes for a well rounded experience. really nice. really pleasant. not what comes to mind when u think dark chocolate 9~9.5
summary - light, sweet, flowery, rounded
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bonnat - chuao
look - a brownish brown with very slight redness. slight bubbles, smooth 9
smell - a light peppery, very faint mushroomy (could be imagined), slight vegetative, light nutty, slight coconut, pine coney, slight slight flower, 8.5
taste - cocoa, slight bitter, slight fermentacious, acetic kinda smell, berry, toasty, more bitter, light glue like sensation, slight sweet nutty,good and weighty, slight bittery, some dried herbs or maybe chinese tea, more cocoa, slight frutiness, cocoa lenght, bitter sensation somewhat unpleasant, tea like. long finish, but bitter or something is messing it up 8
balance - good. very subtle and low key. nothing really stands out much, except for some slight unpleasant bitterness 8
texture - good. no problems really 9

interpretation - bitter aftertaste is killing it. a very subtle, non-commital choco. every time u think it's going to open up in a direction, it corrects itself and centers around soft cocoa. nice in that way, if only bitter wasn't lingering. 8~8.5
summary - very faint, subtle choco, bitter
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all in all, this wasn't such a "sensitive" tasting. too bad, esp since i tasted some truly great chocolates. i really got a new appreciation for amedei venezuela's floweryness.

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