Cacao drying on racks at El Quetzal on Mindo. The scent of fermented alcohol is powerful
Cacao drying on racks at El Quetzal on Mindo. The scent of fermented alcohol is powerful. #dlcconfections #ecolechocolatecuador
Testing cacao beans for proper fermentation in Mindo, Ecuador in the Andes Mountains. There are both National and Criollo elrmwnts in this sample
Testing cacao beans for proper fermentation in Mindo, Ecuador in the Andes Mountains. There are both National and Criollo elrmwnts in this sample. #dlcconfections #ecolechocolatecuador #nhfood
Noshing nibs and unroasted cacao in Ecuador today
Noshing nibs and unroasted cacao in Ecuador today. #dlcconfections #ecolechocolatecuador
Tasting Mindo Chocolate’s Miel de Cacao (boiled down cacao fruit) at El Quetzal on Mindo, Ecuador
Tasting Mindo Chocolate’s Miel de Cacao (boiled down cacao fruit) at El Quetzal on Mindo, Ecuador. #dlcconfections #ecolechocolatecuador
New Town
Adjusting to altitude Nine thousand three hundred and fifty feet above the level of the sea which is pretty darned close to […]
Today…
ALMOND CROISSANTS will be ready around 1pm. (We sold out of croissants yesterday, so I had to make more!) The CARIBBEAN DARK […]
Ice Cream High
Rich is on a “post-churn” ice cream high, after licking the churn remnants from Liona dark chocolate & Jackfruit ice cream. He […]
Croissants today (oh my, you don’t say!) At our cafe.
In the oven, out in 5. Traditional are buttery, chocolate are Venezuelan dark & Guatemalan milk. Ready when we open in 10 […]