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Information on Madagascar
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bruce Toy (Coppeneur) Dec 26, 2010. 11 Replies 0 Likes
I am still a Chocolate Life greenhorn, but I would love some input from the contributors on here.I recently formed a Chocolate Society in Utah with some fellow chocophiles, and we meet monthly to…Continue
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Barbie Van Horn commented on Brian S. Ruggles's video
Tempered - A Chocolate Documentary
"Beautiful. Please keep working on this until you have finished. I share your passion. You have gracefully put into words and video the concepts that are so difficult to explain to people who haven't yet connected with fine…"
Amy Jackson left a comment for Brian S. Ruggles"Hi Brian,
Very interested in being in the "society". Are you taking newcomers?
AmyJ"
richard david commented on Brian S. Ruggles's videoTempered - A Chocolate Documentary
"Loved the video. Wasn't looking for any faults on your documentary so negative comments from me. I would watch it again."
Iván Andrade commented on Brian S. Ruggles's videoTempered - A Chocolate Documentary
"Chocolate-loving friends in Ecuador, South America, we have the best cocoa in the world for its fine flavor and quality, we are the leading exporter of cocoa Up, I would decide to visit our country, where I can offer a tour of the main sectors of…"
Lourdes Paez commented on Brian S. Ruggles's videoTempered - A Chocolate Documentary
"I am working on a book about Ecuadorian cacao and chocolate, and share your passion. Looking for funding is hard work but working with the chocolate community is great experience.
all the best
"
Melanie Boudar commented on Brian S. Ruggles's videoTempered - A Chocolate Documentary
"You might try www.kickstarter.com for some funding. would like to see more closeup shots of the chocolate!"
Brian S. Ruggles posted a videoTempered from Scott Sherman on Vimeo.
Tempered
Here is a first rough draft just so you can see where I'm going and let me know what you think. I know it need a little more polish and I'm open to suggestions.
Bruce Toy (Coppeneur) left a comment for Brian S. Ruggles"Hi Brian,
I'm the North American importer for Coppeneur. Our web site is www.coppeneurchocolate.com. There, you can find a link that lists our U.S. wholesale customers and a link to "About Us".
We opened the first North…"
Brian S. Ruggles left a comment for Bruce Toy (Coppeneur)"Bruce,
I am very curious about you and Coppeneur. What do you do/what is your association? Where are you located? Do you sell anything in the states? Please let me know.
Thanks,
Brian"
Bruce Toy (Coppeneur) replied to Brian S. Ruggles's discussion Information on Madagascar"Coppeneur also purchases their Madagascar beans from Akesson."
Java Cocoa replied to Brian S. Ruggles's discussion Information on Madagascar"I love this part of chocolate life!!
Finding out all these wonderful factoids really makes me want to read more and learn more. Thank you Jim for all the enlightenment!!"
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- Dark, Milk, White?
- Dark, Milk
- Most memorable chocolate experience:
- My first fine chocolate was Amedei's Chuao. My wife surprised me with tickets to the Utah Chocolate Expo, and I stumbled first across probably the finest fine chocolate collection in the country.
Then I had a pumpkin Chocolatier Blue filled chocolate with an Amedei Toscano Black shell. I became terminal at that point.
- My favorite chocolate is:
- If I had to pick one, it would probably be the 9.
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Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 12:18am on October 26, 2012, Amy Jackson said…
- Hi Brian,
Very interested in being in the "society". Are you taking newcomers?
AmyJ
- At 2:23pm on January 10, 2011, Bruce Toy (Coppeneur) said…
Hi Brian,
I'm the North American importer for Coppeneur. Our web site is www.coppeneurchocolate.com. There, you can find a link that lists our U.S. wholesale customers and a link to "About Us".
We opened the first North American Coppeneur store recently in Calgary, Alberta. The only Coppeneur store in Europe is located in Bonn, Germany.
Thank you for your interest.
Bruce Toy
- At 4:06pm on September 15, 2010, Ian Patrick said…
- Brian, Have you heard from any other "Chocolate Society" organizers?
Ian
- At 11:01am on September 12, 2010,
Vanessa Chang said… - I'm sad to be missing Monday's Madagascar tasting. Maybe we need to conduct a re-hash :)
- At 4:23pm on June 7, 2010,
Matt Caputo said… - Brian,
Put a picture of yourself and you may get featured. In fact, I would suggest it to Clay.
Thanks,
Matt
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