Taza Mexican-Style Stone Ground Chocolate
85% "Super Dark"
Smells a little earthy and spicy. Yeah surprisingly spicy, almost like cumin and chili.
Quite bitter. Very grainy. Sour bitter rather off putting. Reminds me of tires. Really neat texture. Super crunchy sandy grainy. Some young trans guy who lives and works at a junk yard, sorting trash and collecting shiny bits of colored glass to make jewelry.
It's fine, but I mostly only like it for the texture.
70% "Dark"
Smells very similar to the 85%, but also a bit fruity. A kind of funky fruit, like maybe lychee.
Some sweetness. Bit sour. Ok so this is a group of *kids* who play at a junkyard. They've built a fort out of scrap metal and car parts and they hardly ever go to school. Some earthiness, like mushrooms, a baseball covered in mud.
Passable. Wouldn't seek it out, but happy to eat it.
50% "Vanilla"
Smells fruity, smooth, and grungy.
Interesting how much I can *hear* the gritty texture when it slides over my teeth. Very sweet. This is candy. Jesus. It's chocoalte-flavored sugar. It's like a crunchy chocolate Peep. Definitely reminds me of Easter. This is chocolate hand-made by the mud boy for the wood witch's birthday.
50% "Chipotle Chili"
Smells... weeeeeiirrrrd. Kind of soapy? Soapy spice. A little bit of soft and florid.
Tastes like sweet followed by burning. Like a red hot. Is that what they're called? Those little red cinnamon dots. Ok there's the distinctive chipotle flavor. Like muddy drunk smoke. Somebody throwing beer cans into a bonfire. Oh surprisingly long burn after swallowing.
Alas, I am not a fan of chipotle chili. Moderately well executed, though, especially if you enjoy poverty.
50% "Guajillo Chili"
Fruity! A little florid. A little bit like tires. Like running around in circles.
...I think maybe my fingers are burning from having broken the pieces off, so this should be interesting. Just sweet so far. Sweet and maybe vanilla. Almost no hotness a full 30 seconds in. Quite green, yet not like grass. More like a melon. Some spice once it reaches the back of my throat. Quite mild. A broad vague tingling excitement, like driving toward the ocean and smelling salt before you can see the water. Definitely some flowers here as well.
I really like this one! The flavors are well balanced and integrated. It's a slow quiet journey full of electricity.
50% "Cinnamon"
Whoo that sure smells like cinnamon! Christmas candy, redhots, the uh... the alcohol that tastes like this. Fireball? Fire.. Yeah, Fireball.
Very sweet. The cinnamon is not overpowering at first. Not getting a lot of "chocolate" here so far. Nutcracker soldier toys and filled stockings hanging by a small stone hearth in a dim little cottage before dawn on Christmas morning. A second set of stockings, each smaller than a thimble, set out by a family of mice.
Not bad. I feel fondness for it. It's a nice game for your mouth if you like cinnamon.
