Building a better Italian chocolate bar
How useful is certification for guaranteeing the quality of cocoa beans from a given source? And how does it benefit
Category: Cocoa Varieties
The revival of bean to bar chocolate-makers
With the festive period in full swing, many of us will be savouring chocolates of different kinds and types. But
Inaugurating Valrhona’s cocoa plantation in the Dominican Republic
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of working with Valrhona, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fine chocolate,
Discovering a very rare cacao variety
Immediately after the “Salon de Cacao y Chocolate”, I was invited by the organising committee to visit the area where
From beans to cacao liquor
Now that the beans have passed the cut test, it is time to find out what flavours and other characteristics
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