March 23, 2023March 25, 2023Travelogue Cacao ready to ship Cacao ready for export at Maya Mountain Cacao in Southern Belize. This cacao is grown by Mayan families throughout the region. This […]
March 21, 2023March 21, 2023Travelogue Snakes. Don’t talk to me about snakes. Visiting Tufts biology student Allegra playing with a Tropical Kingsnake that wandered by. Pretty easygoing snake compared to the venomous Fer De […]
March 20, 2023April 3, 2023Travelogue Heirloom Cacao Preservation Hanging out with the Heirloom Cacao Board at the. Criollo farm in Belize. A nice break between strategic planning sessions. BFREE is […]
March 20, 2023March 8, 2024Sourcing, Travelogue Elmer Tzalam, Cacao Guru at BFREE Belize Elmer oversees BFREE’s cacao farm. He’s the one who spent 3 days in the rain forest locating and tagging the wild cacao […]
March 17, 2023January 12, 2024A Day in the Life Small Structures We’re looking at a sample of Caramelized Milk Chocolate ganache with Cloves and Saffron under a microscope at 40x. We’re not yet […]
March 7, 2023April 3, 2023A Day in the Life Large Truffle Box A silly tour: Our Large Truffle Boxes have Candy Bars. And now I’ve no more rhymes, so Some other time. I’m out […]
March 7, 2023March 7, 2023A Day in the Life Focus. Anabel is concentrating Hyper-focused Ruminating. How many boxes Did we sell? Our trusty database Can surely tell us If she asks it […]
February 7, 2023February 7, 2023A Day in the Life Mayan Heat Drinking Chocolate Tablets Shaman’s packaging Mayan Heat Drinking Chocolate Tablets. Basic thermodynamics says untempered chocolate melts faster.