Tempus Fugit Crème de Cacao

Unctuous, syrupy thick, light molasses brown color. Off the charts sweetness and beaniness, with two-thirds cacao and one-third vanilla fragrances. Powdered cocoa comes to the forefront; amazingly cocoa-like and buttery at entry. Midpalate is spot-on dark chocolate-like, but neither bitter nor semisweet; perfectly balanced sweetness. Based on a 19th-century recipe using Venezuelan cacao and Mexican vanilla beans, naturally colored through maceration of raw cacao distillate with additional cacao and crushed whole vanilla bean.