Been to the Solomon Islands? Dunno where Solomon Islands is? Neither did we. A bar from there recently landed on our doorstep. We called 2 of the top cacáo geneticists in the world, guys who plot & map every Theobroma cacao tree on earth. Did they know about this stuff from the South Pacific? They gave it a long think, then said: “Let us get back to you.” When they finally did, they asked “How did you get this? And can we have some?”
This month we post the first-ever review of a single-origin bar from Solomon Islands, about as far off the beaten path as you can get. How does it taste? See the review and find out.
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Who is Mark Xian, anyway?
Brady Brelinski, editor of the Flavors of Cacao, sat down with the C-spot’s® elusive figurehead. This far- & wide-ranging interview covers lots of ground & dives to considerable depth. Is it really, as Brady said, a “chocolate magnum opus”? Take a nibble, chocolatarians, & judge for yourselves.
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Heirloom cacáo — it’s on the way…
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The New Nacional Guard
Think your dream job is making chocolate? Meet Dan Pearson.
We dug deep into the dirt to find out what it really takes to make source-to-sale chocolate. Over the holidays we wrapped up this 18-part series about the rescue & recovery of a rare, vanishing cacáo strain in Marañón Canyon, Peru. Come along on this hard-hitting, unvarnished look behind-the-scenes. This isn’t the usual about child-labor, pesticides & yummy cupcake fodder for cafés from Paris to L.A., but the inside dope & intrigue of shady deals, politics, money, power, romance, and some real seedy characters. Read all about it!
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