Episode 31 Overview

Episode 31 of #PodSaveChocolate was inspired by a post in the r/chocolate subreddit. You never know where inspiration will strike!

Here’s the question over in the r/chocolate subreddit that inspired this episode: > People that have had success starting a bean to bar company ... I recently started making small batch (>10lbs) chocolate from bean ... what tips would you offer up to someone just starting? Visit this post on TheChocolateLife for more information and links.

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Episode 30 Overview

When many people think about the history of cacao’s migration out of the Americas, the focus is on the move east to Africa. What most are unaware of is the movement west, particularly to the Philippines. The Spanish in the 1700s transported Criollos to the archipelago as a part of what is known as the Acapulco-Manila trade route ...

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Episode 29 Overview

In the weeks leading up to Easter, organizations around the world are hopping to it, metaphorically speaking, publishing guides aka scorecards to “ethical” chocolate brands – ones to laud and grace with our patronage and ones to cast aside as not worthy of our custom and to avoid ...

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Episode 28 Overview

I have been writing about alternative “chocolates” for nearly three years now in my role as the Technical Editor for International Confectionery Magazine. I have covered Planet A Food (formerly Qoa), California Cultured, and WNWN Food Labs during this time, in the magazine and here on TheChocolateLife ...

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Episode 27 Overview

Two of my favorite activities to schedule for episodes of PodSaveChocolate are: a) interviews, and b) tastings, and I particularly enjoy episodes where I get to interview a maker and taste their work.

And that’s what’s going to happen during Episode 27, where I will be interviewing Chef Andrea Young of Sweet Vegan Chocolates and tasting the confections of her labors ...

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Episode 26 Overview

This episode of #PodSaveChocolate will focus most of its attention on a single news story about mapping the genetic evolution of cacao.

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Episode 25 Overview

On Wednesday, March 6th, I received a box containing over 65 bars of chocolate. There are times when I really do love my chosen profession ...

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Episode 24 Overview

2024 marks the 14th edition of the Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest, billed as “The world's largest festival for chocolate, coffee, and gourmet foods” featuring 200 vendors, 6 stages, 250,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor facilities, and attracting over 23,000 attendees in 2023 ...

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Episode 23 Overview

For some reason, I woke waaaaay before sunrise this morning (Thursday, Feb 29). As is my habit I took a look at what had hit my inbox overnight, took a look at my calendar for the day’s commitments, and then peeked at my YouTube feed for the overnight political news. In my feed this morning was an older video from James Hoffman covering a very expensive (over$1500) manual coffee grinder. Having a few minutes to spare, I clicked on the coffee grinder review, forgoing the politics until after I made my first cup of coffee.

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Episode 22 Overview

This episode of #PodSaveChocolate covers the most recent attempt by Tony’s Chocolonely to troll Big Chocolate brands by mimicking their packaging to draw attention to what Tony’s is doing that Big Chocolate is not.

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