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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.

August 28, 2016August 28, 2016A Day in the Life, Past is Passed

Day in the Life of a Chocolatier

Shopping for ingredients at a local farm. Arranging flowers for our tables. Blending Drinking Chocolate. Taste testing ice cream. What do you […]

August 27, 2016August 28, 2016A Day in the Life, What's In My Box

Ingredients…

Star anise is all that remains from the figs I planted earlier

August 25, 2016August 28, 2016A Day in the Life, What's In My Box

NOT hibiscus blossoms. Soon to be a bonbon

NOT hibiscus blossoms. Soon to be a bonbon

June 8, 2016June 12, 2016A Day in the Life

Cacao drying on an elevated rack at El Quetzal

Cacao drying on an elevated rack at El Quetzal. #dlcconfections #ecolechocolatecuador

June 7, 2016June 12, 2016A Day in the Life

Marianella collecting cacao pods at Cooperativa Nueva Esperanza,Puerto Quito, Ecuador this morning

Marianella collecting cacao pods at Cooperativa Nueva Esperanza,
Puerto Quito, Ecuador this morning. #hcpcacao #heirloomcacao #dlcconfections #ecolechocolatecuador

June 7, 2016June 12, 2016A Day in the Life

National cacao pods all in a row at Cooperativa Nueva Esperanza,Puerto Quito, Ecuador

National cacao pods all in a row at Cooperativa Nueva Esperanza,
Puerto Quito, Ecuador. #hcpcacao #heirloomcacao #ecolechocolatecuador #dlcconfections #manchestereatsnh

June 7, 2016June 12, 2016A Day in the Life

Marianella opens a cacao pod we just harvested at an Heirloom Cacao farm in Ecuador

Marianella opens a cacao pod we just harvested at an Heirloom Cacao farm in Ecuador. #ecolechocolatecuador #dlcconfections #artisanchocolate #nhfood #manchestereatsnh

June 7, 2016June 12, 2016A Day in the Life

Rich and cacao farmer Pedro at an one of the farms associated with Heirloom Cacao Cooperativa Nueva Esperanza, Puerto Quito, Ecuador

Rich and cacao farmer Pedro at an one of the farms associated with Heirloom Cacao Cooperativa Nueva Esperanza, Puerto Quito, Ecuador. #ecolechocolatecuador #dlcconfections #hcpcacao #heirloomcacao #nhfood

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Finding Good Chocolate

The Cookbook Project

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

Chocolate As Art

Original Art
Beginnings…
January 3, 2020

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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