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Aug 3, 20213 min

About Cacao

Cacao has long been a sacred plant. And when I say long, I mean 4000 years ago. That kind of long. Cacao was used by the Mayas, the...

Aug 3, 20212 min

What is Bean-to-Bar Chocolate?

Chocolate as we know it appeared in Europe in the 1800s when an Englishman managed to turn cacao paste into a solid bar. The Swiss then...

Jul 31, 20211 min

The Tempering Guide to The Perfect Snap

Tempering is a process through which chocolate gains desirable textural and visual features. In this series we will explain how chocolate...

Jul 31, 20218 min

The flexibility of Chocolate’s flavour profile

“I don’t have a big sweet tooth but I do like all kinds of chocolate” -Gabriel Kreuther, The Modern, NYC Humans discovered cacao and, by...

Jul 30, 20216 min

What is Tempering and why do we care?

Tempering is a process through which chocolate gains desirable textural and visual features. In this series we will explain how chocolate...

Jul 29, 20214 min

Manual Tempering on a Stove

You can follow the instructions without reading What is Tempering? and get the right results. I recommend reading it before this if you...