Pacari - Cuzco Salt & Nibs - 60% Cacao
Another inspired mix from Pacari. Salt in chocolate is a classic: it brings out certain aspects of the chocolate and shifts its balance. It becomes rounder, leaning more toward caramel notes. The salt also brings a peanut-like accent, oddly reminding me of an Oh Henry! candy bar. The little cocoa nibs mostly add a bit of unpredictability when you bite into the crunchy bits: will it be a salt crystal or a fragment of cocoa bean?
A successful combination, and another direction from Pacari that once again demonstrates the range of flavors achievable with their fine chocolate.
Evaluation
Uniqueness: 4.5
Finesse: 4
Comfort: 4.5
Intensity: 4.5
General impression: 4.5
Final evaluation: 22/25