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Category: A Day in the Life

A Chocolatier’s Blog, or A Series of semi-random events in an ongoing quest for happiness and chocolate.

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.

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Finding Good Chocolate

The Cookbook Project

Featuring Dancing Lion Chocolate Listen to the podcast * Read the book

Chocolate As Art

Painting Persian Eggs
March 20, 2021

Past Bars

Past Bonbons

The Shop is Closed

Bars and bonbons are finished, the cafe is no more--
We've wrapped up production and closed up the store.

Watch this Site for our Continuing Adventures...

Richard Tango-Lowy
Concepcion, Alajuela province, Atenas, Costa Rica


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