What are some fun creative ways to enjoy bean to bar chocolate bars?

Ideas for how you can enjoy your fine bean-to-bar craft chocolate!

In The Kitchen, Ingredients, Chocolate TastingGeosephMarch 14, 2022FAQs

Does sugar bring out the flavour of chocolate?

How does sugar impact the flavour of chocolate? Some say sugar brings out the flavour of chocolate, but what does that mean exactly?

Chocolate Making, In The KitchenGeosephJanuary 20, 2022FAQs

Is Cocoa Butter Vegan?

Is cocoa butter vegan? What is cocoa butter?

GeosephJanuary 17, 2022

Cacao vs Cocoa, what is the difference?

What is the difference between “cocoa” and “cacao”? Is there a difference? Do they differentiate quality?

Ingredients, Chocolate Tasting, Cacao & BotanyGeosephDecember 14, 2021FAQs

How do I know which chocolate is fine chocolate?

How to find and buy fine chocolate. How does one know what to look for?

Chocolate Making, Chocolate TastingGeosephNovember 25, 2021FAQs

How do I make the perfect hot chocolate?

How do I make the perfect hot chocolate or drinking chocolate? Use fine bean to bar chocolate to make and these tips for a perfect hot chocolate, the way it was intended.

In The Kitchen, Fun FactsGeosephNovember 17, 2021FAQs

Which country grows the best cacao?

Which country grows the best cacao? Is it Venezuela? Peru? Does country of origin even matter?

Fun Facts, Cacao & BotanyGeosephNovember 9, 2021FAQs

The Challenge Of Selling Fine Chocolate

The challenges of selling fine chocolate are often overlooked or not taken seriously, especially by those within the fine chocolate industry who take it for granted what it was to not understand or appreciate fine chocolate.

Chocolate Making, Chocolate TastingGeosephOctober 25, 2021Facts

Why Are Your Chocolate Bars So Expensive?

Why is craft fine bean to bar chocolate so expensive?

Chocolate Making, Chocolate TastingGeosephOctober 21, 2021FAQs

Who invented chocolate?

Who invented chocolate? A great question, with perhaps a surprising answer.

History, Fun FactsGeosephOctober 16, 2021FAQs

What is the difference between dark chocolate and milk chocolate?

What is the difference between dark and milk chocolate? The answer is simple, but here are a few more helpful points about your favourite chocolates.

GeosephOctober 8, 2021

Understanding the structure of chocolate

Understanding the structure of chocolate looks at the various crystal structures of cocoa butter, and a look at a type of pre-crystallization process to help in tempering.

Chocolate MakingGeosephOctober 7, 2021makers, Research

Why does dark chocolate taste so bitter?

Why does dark chocolate taste so bitter? The truth is based on the quality of the chocolate, your genetics, and your learned food experiences.

Ingredients, In The Kitchen, Chocolate TastingGeosephOctober 2, 2021FAQs

Does Switzerland really produce the best chocolate in the world?

Why is Swiss chocolate so well known as the best chocolate? Is it true? There is reason why Switzerland has become world renowned for chocolate, but it’s time to rethink if that’s still true.

Fun FactsGeosephSeptember 27, 2021FAQs

Who makes the highest quality chocolate?

Who makes the best high quality chocolate in the world? Many makers you likely never heard of. Learn qualities make for fine chocolate, and which do not. You may be surprised!

Nutrition, Ingredients, Chocolate TastingGeosephSeptember 20, 2021FAQs

Millennials and chocolate product ethics: Saying one thing and doing another

Millennials and chocolate product ethics: Saying one thing and doing another.

Health & Nutrition, Chocolate MakingGeosephSeptember 20, 2021Research

Impact of pre-crystallization process on structure and product properties in dark chocolate

Testing two pre-crystallization tempering methods. One conventional and one using Bvi cocoa butter seed in order to see their impact on product quality and storage.

Chocolate MakingGeosephSeptember 11, 2021makers, Research