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Samoan cocoa beans

4 months ago I was walking through a cocoa plantation in Samoa I didn't know I had. 30 minutes into my walk, thoughts of excitement and gra…

Started by richard david

4 Mar 8, 2012
Reply by Tom

valrhona chocolate ... the best of each category?

Hi, I want to know what is the best general valrhona chocolate in each category of bittersweet, semisweet, milk and white chocolate. Ther…

Started by james mackay

3 Mar 6, 2012
Reply by ChocoFiles

Milk chocolate from the beans

Hello !  I make dark milk chocolate ( 60%) and I would like to try to make milk chocolate... 25% or 30% of nibs. Do you have some advices…

Started by Maria

3 Mar 3, 2012
Reply by Felipe Jaramillo F.

2-Piece Rabbit Molds

Does anyone know the proper way to use these two-piece molds? This style has two buttons that let the two pieces "snap" together. Should I…

Started by Robby Booth

5 Feb 28, 2012
Reply by Kerry

Decaffeinated chocolate

I've been waiting all my life for someone, someone who nows how to make good chocolate to make caffein-free chocolate: http://daisybrain.wo

Started by Eric Indiana

1 Feb 19, 2012
Reply by Nat

How much chocolate do you eat per day, on average?

When I read that Chloe Doutre-Roussel in The Chocolate Connoisseur wrote that she ate something like a pound of chocolate a day, I didn't b…

Started by Keith Ayoob

26 Feb 17, 2012
Reply by Irina Mateescu

Dark milk chocolate

Hello, I am trying to make my first dark milk chocolate from the beans, and I have some problems about grinding and conching. I do not add…

Started by Maria

9 Feb 1, 2012
Reply by Thomas Forbes

Avoid melting

Hi all, I am new to the forum, so hi! I am wondering what sort of chocolate you use when making small chocolates so they don't melt? I make…

Started by Tarah Dorling

0 Dec 28, 2011

Bitterness

I am struggling some with "bitterness".  My thinking is that I am running the nibs through the Juicer too many times trying to get the coco…

Started by Daniel Mollsen

27 Dec 21, 2011
Reply by Sebastian

SPAGnVOLA Chocolate

Came across their website today and it looks fantastic.  As anyone tried their chocolate.  This couple is my role model.  If you can so a…

Started by Thomas Forbes

0 Dec 10, 2011

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