Tain l’Hermitage: where fine chocolate meets fine wine
Tain l’Hermitage is a small town on the left bank of the Rhône in south-eastern France. Located in the northern
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When the cocoa trail becomes the chocolate trail
All good things come to an end. Now it is time for me to return to Europe. But rest assured!
On the road to Ecuador to discover the national cacao variety
After several months learning about the intricacies of Peru’s cacao production and the producer-supply chain, I decided it was time
A week in the life of a local cacao farming community
Last week I was kindly invited to spend a week living with a local family in the small farming community
Peru’s most exquisite white cacao beans
I am now in the Northern tip of Peru, where you can find Peru’s special white cacao, a genetic variety
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
Building my sensory skills for chocolate tasting
The other day I was fortunate enough to be able to join a group of agricultural students to develop my
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
The Golden Cacao Cut
Now that the cacao beans have undergone each of the three important processes to becoming a good quality bean, it
From cacao tree to bean: the drying process
The next important step in cocoa processing is the drying process. Drying of cacao is an important step in cocoa
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