Millcreek Caco Roasters 70% Dark Blackberry (Aroma Infused)

                                   

About: Millcreek caco roasters make about 13 bars, all of them 70% or more. You just want to kiss them for not making milk chocolate abortions! They make a bean to bar chocolate, which (technically) has just cacao, sugar, and cocoa butter. But they also add flavor by "air-infusing the chocolate next to aromatics." I don't know what that means, and it seems to be  a sufficiently light touch that they don't list anything in the ingredients. Still, it somehow feels like cheating, no ?

While I couldn't figure out who they are or what their story is, they seem to love chocolate enough to make chocolate tea. You know that's love, because it isn't common sense, taste or gastronomy (though I haven't tasted it, so this is my theoretical opinion). They come from Utah, which isn't (yet) known for its chocolate. Still, I'm accustomed to seeing the touching background story about chocolate lovers that had to Do Something. It's not there. I'll live.

Flavor:  This is a very flavorful chocolate, with lots and lots of flavor. Hence the word "flavorful." Also the word "very."  You will "wow," unless you have no taste buds, bud. The flavor profile is complex and dynamic. It starts with blackberry and ends with an almond flavor, with various flavors in between,  all running on a constant, solid, rich chocolate base.

Texture: Slightly brittle, but with a smooth finish.

My rating: A 7. You know.. I'd have given in an 8 for that amazing flavor, but the brittle texture holds it back.

Rating Value	Meaning
1	Really bad chocolate. There's something just really really wrong here in almost every imaginable respect.
2	A bar with this rating has at least two drawbacks.
3	A bar where something is starting to get seriously wrong.... for example, really weak flavor with an otherwise acceptable texture.
4	This bar is below average, but just slightly. Mostly it's not worth eating again. Something isn't quite up to par, for example a poor texture but fine flavor.
5	This is an average good bar that's worth eating. There's nothing really wrong with it, but also nothing particularly spectacular. Or, perhaps it has a good characteristic that's evenly counter-weighted by something weak.
6	A solidly good bar with one characteristic that's above par, for example a great texture.
7	An solidly good chocolate that has two above par characteristics, but nothing mind-blowing. Good, above average flavor, but nothing to die for.
8	An excellent bar with no weaknesses and at least one characteristic that's super.
9	An awesome bar to die for with amazing texture and flavor.
10	You have been touched by God.

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