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Category: Travelogue

Notes from our travels

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026Heirloom Cacao Preservation, Travelogue

A Spirit in a Spiritual Place

A near-eternal voyage finds Dancing Lion Chocolate maker Roger Balcom at Volker Lehmann’s legendary Tranquilidad Estate in Alto Beni, Bolivia, where he’ll […]

February 1, 2026February 1, 2026Travelogue

Chocolatiers

A pair of Chocolatiers Putzing in Seattle; Noshing dumplings, sipping chocolate, critiquing a passable Piura. #chocolatiers #seattle @chaotic_gumball

December 6, 2025December 6, 2025A Day in the Life, Travelogue

Lost on a Coffee Farm

Ah, cacao! O beautiful rhomboids, textured in smooth roughness. Only one of you is ripe, but your silken fruit is tangy and […]

November 4, 2025November 4, 2025A Day in the Life, Travelogue

Northwest

One last day in Olympia before heading home (the new one). If you visit, make sure to stop in at @encore_chocolates_and_teas in […]

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025A Day in the Life, Travelogue

Chocolate & Tea

CHOCOLATE & TEA. I’m tasting our new Guatemala 68% dark chocolate. The flavor is nuts and strawberries with a bold but balanced […]

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025Travelogue

Heirloom Cacao

I’m in the foyer here at Guittard Chocolate in Burlingame, near San Francisco. Clark Guittard gave me a private tour of the […]

October 5, 2024October 9, 2024Bean-to-Bonbon Chocolate, Travelogue

Hanging out with Volker Lehmann

Hanging out with Volker Lehmann at the Northwest Chocolate Festival. Volker lives in Beni, Bolivia, and provides our Wild Tranquilidad and Alto […]

August 27, 2024August 30, 2024A Day in the Life, Travelogue

Eft on the trail

Eft on the trail, which has nothing to do with the chocolate chip cookie I’m about to eat to power me into […]

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February 5, 2022

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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