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January 2013

Greetings Everyone Hi Everyone, After reading many discussions on this website for almost a year, I am finally introducing myself. Howdy! I am in the nascent stages of starting my business. By training, I am a philo… Discussion Greetings Everyone 2 Likes Spices of Life - Bean to Bar: Taza Chocolate

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December 2012

Getting Started

video Getting Started 2 Likes SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier Documentary - Part 1

video SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier Documentary - Part 1 1 Like

October 2012

Euro 2012 Chocolate Adventure - Day 2, Friday

Friday dawned just as many days do in London, chill and damp.

Still, I am in London where it is warmer than New York, and by the time I make my way from the Sloane Square tube stop…

Blog Euro 2012 Chocolate Adventure - Day 2, Friday 1 Like

September 2012

More Cacao Pods

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photo Cacao blanco 1 Like

June 2012

Inventory April 29th

video Inventory April 29th 1 Like

May 2012

The Malting Process as it Relates to Cacao F… I have read now in a few places that the best chocolate is made from fermented beans that were left in the pods for about 4 days after picking before then being opened and fermented. This got me thin… Discussion The Malting Process as it Relates to Cacao F… 1 Like

April 2012

stuff

I started Making chocolates when i was 8 years old, I would put them into decorated egg boxes as gifts for my family and ever since then I have had the bug. I studied at the Cassio College in…

Blog stuff 1 Like What happened to Samoan cocoa? Hello everyone: I've been doing research into Samoan chocolate. Twenty years ago it had one of the best reputations in the world with most of its crop being classified as "fine and flavour" (top IC… Discussion What happened to Samoan cocoa? 1 Like Spain and Chocolate

Just back from a trip to Spain. Only managed to sample the delights of Spanish Chocolate in the cities of Barcelona, Seville, Cordoba, Granada, Madrid and Santiago de Compostela. The best place…

Blog Spain and Chocolate 1 Like Batch #6 Bean to Bar

I'm now on batch six to making Bean to Bar Chocolat. I'm pleased and the process hasn't been to difficult. It took me to batch six to realize I must have at least 2 pounds of nibs in the machine…

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March 2012

Starting Up in The USA very soon.

The excitement is almost tangible. I am in the process of finalizing my O-1 Visa petition and very soon I will be moving to the North Georgia Mountains to commence Blue Pearl Chocolate.

I'm…

Blog Starting Up in The USA very soon. 1 Like Grenada Chocolate goes Fair Transport!

As I am writing you from INSIDE the factory of The Grenada Chocolate Company, one of the very first tree-to-bar organic chocolate cooperatives, I am trying not to get distracted by all the…

Blog Grenada Chocolate goes Fair Transport! 2 Likes How Chocolate Gets Its Taste - A Presentatio… To All ChocolateLife members - I gave a talk last night to the Experimental Cuisine Collective at NYU. Attached is a PDF of the slides I used for the talk, entitled, "How Chocolate Gets Its Taste." T… Discussion How Chocolate Gets Its Taste - A Presentatio… 5 Likes

February 2012

Hershey - How Responsible is Responsible? The "Fair" trade world is abuzz this week with an announcement by Hershey that it is expanding efforts in the area of cocoa sustainability in West Africa. Hershey is one of the last of the major inte… Discussion Hershey - How Responsible is Responsible? 6 Likes