A community for chocophiles - and aspiring chocophiles - to explore, learn, and share.
Tuesday
November 10, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Horizons Restaurant
Sunday
November 15, 2009 from 1pm to 5pm – The Bell House
Thursday
November 19, 2009 at 7pm to November 21, 2009 at 11pm – Vienna Austria
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February 4, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – The Shops at Boca Center
HELLO PALS!! am a college student in my final year and as part of the curricula for the program, i have to under take a research project, my topic is extraction of cocoa butter using the broma proc...
Tagged: butter, cocoa, cacao, theobroma
Started by kenneth mensah in Tasting Notes. Last reply by Clay Gordon 5 hours ago.
I've been playing with nibs a lot lately, trying them from several different sources, and have found that each one has very distinct flavor notes: Valrhona - quite bitter, sometimes almost burnt ta...
Started by Jonathan Walpole in Tasting Notes. Last reply by Tom 7 hours ago.
Hi all, I've seen information from a lot of sources stating that criollo only needs 2-3 days for fermentation, whereas other varieties need about 5-7 days. Why is this? Is it just because criollo h...
Tagged: fermentation, ferment, criollo
Started by Byron Prior in Tech Help. Last reply by Samantha Madell 13 hours ago.
Good day. I need to print a very small run of inserts. These are the inserts people include in the boxes to tell which bonbon is which flavor. Do you guys know where I can go to get a small run? A...
Started by Andre Costa in Tips, Tricks, and Techniques. Last reply by Gina 1 day ago.
Working and selling our confections in the Bay Area I get a lot of people coming up to me and asking if my chocolate is raw. Mostly these types are more interested in the health benefits of chocola...
Tagged: antioxidant, ORAC, roasting, raw
Started by Clive Brown in Opinion. Last reply by Clay Gordon Nov 6.
Clay, I read with great interest on your blog about attempts to find new ways to describe the taste of chocolate that isn't dependent on other food terms. I'm especially curious about what you mea...
Tagged: vocabulary, music, descriptors
Started by Olorin in Tasting Notes. Last reply by Clay Gordon Nov 6.
http://www.barry-callebaut.com/51?release=5378 Who next?
Started by Masur in News Nov 5.
Who do you think is the best female chocolatier you've met. Most seem to be men and I am curious who you would count amoung the top ten females out there! As I understand it, a chocolatier is some...
Started by Richard Spangenberg in Opinion. Last reply by Jeff Nov 4.
hi Cacao lovers, I'm preparing a first whiskey / chocolate pairing and would love to hear your tips/expertise and advice I have mainly European brands like Bonnat, Cluizel, Pralus, maybe some Akes...
Tagged: pairing, chocolate, whisky
Started by Evert-Jan De Kort (Choqoa.com) in Tasting Notes. Last reply by Evert-Jan De Kort (Choqoa.com) Nov 3.
I have done this before but at a University for students so I didn't charge participants or pay for anything. I am just wondering from others experiences, what is a good number to do these tastings...
Started by Tom in Uncategorized Nov 3.
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During my childhood, I always can we think best for ourselves. I always heard from the growing up saying that life is tough and working hard is a must for them in order to maintain current life style. Is that really true, and by working hard, playing less we can get what we want? When I grow up, I am in the same situation as well as people around me. Then I have another question in mind, when the time we get what we think we want, is that really what we want?
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