Why A Sweet Chocolate Bar Could Be Leaving A Bitter Taste In Your Mouth “When people eat chocolate they are eating my flesh.” This is what Drissa, a former cocoa slave, said when describing his bewilderment at the joy consumers get from eating a product he was beaten and suffered for. Cocoa plant... View Post

Woodblock Chocolate's share their Chocolate Making Story Charley and Jessica Wheelock started making chocolate just like any other craft enthusiast in Portland did – at home, in their modest kitchen, passionately experimenting and tweaking. But it wasn’t long before their passion grew too big f... View Post

The End of Chocolate? A massive amount consisting of 3.5 million tonnes of cocoa is produced every year. Over the past 100 years the chocolate confectionery market has steadily grown into an $80 billion a year global industry. However, it’s not looking like this will last very long. It’s been for... View Post

How Denise of Castronovo became a bean to bar chocolate maker Growing up Denise of Castronovo acquired a taste for fine chocolate from Switzerland. Her aunt would send her Swiss chocolates that weren’t available at that time in the United States. She never imagined becoming a chocolate maker; sh... View Post

An Insider's Look into Colombian Chocolate Driving through the farmlands of Cordoba in Colombia, the car I’m in slows down to avoid the bumps and holes along the narrow road. As I look towards the tall plantain and yucca trees, I am able to catch a glimpse of one fruit that rarely leaves the coun... View Post

How to Master the Art of Tasting Chocolate Despite the strong urge to devour all the chocolate in my sight, it turns out that’s not the best way to eat it. In the same way that it’s fun and rewarding (until the next morning) to drink a bottle of wine that you love, there are more interesting ... View Post