As a Canadian, I’m always on the lookout for the best chocolate in various parts of our vast country. I recently had the pleasure of meeting Ginette Ahier, the skilled chocolatier who previously made her...
I recently came across some interesting data on cocoa production telling me that the Dominican Republic (DR) is the largest producer of cocoa in the Caribbean. The largest producers worldwide are the Ivory Coast...
It’s Valentine’s week and I have love and chocolate on my mind. As I have recently been tasting a selection of the newer Original Beans Chocolate bars, it made me realize that I have...
I had the pleasure of visiting two completely opposite types of chocolate shops while I was in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was really interesting to see how each makes their chocolate products and the contrast...
No discussion of chocolate from Ecuador would be complete without visiting Quito-based Pacari Ecuadorian Organic Chocolate who won no less than nine International Chocolate Awards in the 2012 Chocolate Week competitions in London, England...
No chocolate travel to Ecuador would be complete without a visit to Kallari. In previous posts, we explored Old Quito, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and got detained in a mudslide. You met ex-pat (American) chocolatier Jeff Stern and...
