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  • Cacao!

    “The seeds in those pod are pale and white because the embryos are just solidifying from their clear gel-like endosperm…

    A Day in the Life
    November 11, 2025
  • A Tea & Chocolate Morning

    The morning tea, chocolate on the tip of my tongue, clear sky. Almost awake!

    Chocolate Bars, Tea and Chocolate
    November 7, 2025
  • Finding Chocolate

    I PROMISED to share where you’ll find chocolate to put you in a fine frame of mind. The Lion has…

    A Day in the Life
    November 6, 2025
  • Not-So-Simple Gifts

    Jonathan gifted me abox of bonbons andthey are unique andBeautiful. A labor of love andtruly art and chocolateand chocolate and…

    Heirloom Cacao Preservation
    November 4, 2025
  • Northwest

    Young Buck paces as I walk Across the road Doe waits. … Rain. … Wild encroaches city encroaches wild. Fall…

    A Day in the Life, Travelogue
    November 4, 2025
  • Tien Giang Heirloom

    Sad that this is the last of the Vietnam Tien Giang HCP Heirloom #13 made by Dancing Lion Chocolate, but…

    Heirloom Cacao Preservation
    October 27, 2025
  • Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    So begins the Dancing Lion Chocolate — arty — sciency — story and poetry-filled Cookbook Project. Will it take months?…

    Baking, Cookbook Project
    October 23, 2025
  • Coconuts (& Erwin Schrodinger?)

    I sweep the veranda before the morning heat. Last night’s rain brought down two fresh coconuts. Breakfast! There’s work to…

    A Day in the Life
    October 23, 2025
  • Coursing Events

    From its beginning, Dancing Lion Chocolate has endeavored to dissolve boundaries, bring people together, and act with the greatest possible…

    A Day in the Life
    October 17, 2025
  • On the trail marked with pollen…

    In beauty I walk. With beauty before me I walk With beauty behind me I walk With beauty above me…

    A Day in the Life
    October 13, 2025
  • We Raised $16,000

    for the @heirloomcacao endowment. We asked, you came through big time, and in only two weeks! This is a great…

    Heirloom Cacao Preservation
    October 11, 2025
  • Candy Bar

    OUT IN STYLE – Layers of sesame clove halva and dairy-free coconut caramel in Mexico Almendra Blanca curry dark chocolate.…

    20 Years of Bonbons
    October 11, 2025
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The Shop is Closed

Bars and bonbons are finished, the cafe is no more–
I’ve wrapped up the production and closed up the store.

Watch this site for the Continuing Adventures…

Richard Tango-Lowy

Atenas, Costa Rica

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