Café Bravo

Aromas are bitter chocolate and coffee. Not much indication of the sweetness I know to expect. Some anise. But some overpowering chemical aromas too. Flavor is pure sweetness. Pure sugar almost. Only touches of the coffee and chocolate I found in the nose. Luckily not much of the chemicals either. But still somehow artificial. Strange duplicity in this one.

Rating: 6/23 N: Rich and syrupy, but with a bitter herbal element, mushrooms, and chemicals. There's a hint of roastiness and spices, but they're hard to pick out. It's a rich, but kind of bland nose with a lot of problems. It has more chemicals than Café Granita does, as well as less richness and spiciness. P: Very viscous, almost like maple syrup. The palate is super rich with a flavor that isn't entirely like coffee and is difficult to place, but is nonetheless enjoyable. There's a hint of black licorice in here mixed with some chocolate, grade B maple syrup, some hogo, rum richness. It's rich, but sadly not super complex. There's even a faint suggestion of root beer though. There's unfortunately some bitter chemical flavor it.. I wouldn't say that this tastes tremendously like a coffee liquor, but it doesn't taste too bad. There is the slightest bit of artificial flavor, but it isn't too bad. F: Some confectioner's sugar chalkiness comes out and the sweetness intensifies with more of the root beer flavor coming out. It's not awful, but it doesn't taste clearly like coffee and it is a bit off. The chemicals are there a bit, but less pronounced. It's not drinkable. It's not obviously a coffee liquor, but it's not absolutely awful. This beats Vita Divine Coffee, but not by a large margin. Makaio is substantially better and Café Granita is a bit better as well. I think this is sort of in the 5 to 7 range and a 6 seems most appropriate.