Ivory Coast 68% Dark Chocolate making kit
I get it. I write these reviews extolling this or that rugged tobacco, lingering aged hop bitterness and notes of turtle shell and you ask yourself 1) what is the Alchemist imbibing 2) how you can get some and/or 3) is there is a perfect recipe for getting those flavors. The aroma – chocolate, dark spice (pepper?) and a really rare floral component. Are you ready for this one – chamomile and a hint of lilac. Perfume. That part of the spider chart is nearly always really low to non-existent. Here it is quite clear. There is virtually no astringency which is quite a surprise. There are also soft pumpkin pie spices in there. Cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and mace floating and twirling together. The acid balance is right on – not really fruity (but flowery from the chamomile), but it is there nonetheless. I can't promise you that you'll get the flavors I've described but I can hand you a recipe and kit where I found this particular bean sings. In this case, the Ivory Coast really shows o