Thursday, July 28, 2016

Vintage Plantations Peru St. Martin Valley 75% cacao

The texture of this bar is coarse and somewhat chalky. The surface of the bar is discolored with a grainy pattern, and event the bar's interior looks grainy -- as though the conching process was not done well. As a result, the flavor is fairly bitter, mostly cocoa. Subtle flavors cannot get through the flavor noise of the coarse bar. 6.6

I should note that this bar is well within the posted "Best By" date, which is September 2017.  The bar condition could be a result of improper storage at some point along the delivery pipeline.

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