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Cuyagua: Art’s Most Memorable Chocolate Experience

The AMANO  Blog One of the things I have always found most wonderful about chocolate is how unlike it is from so many other foods: it reaches in and touches a person’s soul. Few foods do that, and none that I’m aware of do so so completely. Because of this, I have had some incredible experiences. People of all walks of life tell me what a profound impact our chocolate has had on them and how much they love that experience. (or love the chocolate?) The same goes for some well-known chefs whom I have admired from afar for years. It is easy to forget how, after the chocolate is made, it has a life of its own to the retailer and then to the final person who enjoys it in the intimacy of the home or a fine restaurant. So my most precious memories center around learning how our

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Chocolate Science

9 May 2023

The Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate

The Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate Dark chocolate is a type of chocolate made from cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

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Chocolate Travel Log

8 May 2023

The Origins and Flavors of Chocolate: Exploring the World’s Best Chocolate-Producing Regions

The Origins and Flavors of Chocolate: Exploring the World’s Best Chocolate-Producing Regions So Where Does Chocolate Come From?   Chocolate

The Chocolate Flavor Wheel shows the different variation of chocolate flavors.

Chocolate Flavor Profile

7 May 2023

How to Taste Chocolate with the Chocolate Flavor Wheel

As a chocolate aficionado, it’s important to understand the nuances of different chocolate flavors. Just like wine, chocolate has a

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Chocolate Science

24 Oct 2018

Types of Cocoa Bean Roasters

Roasting Cocoa Part III It is not hard to imagine that once in an Olmec village in Central America some

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Farming/Growing Process

24 Oct 2018

Cocoa Fermentation — All About It: Part 1

Cocoa Fermentation — Bringing Magic to the Cocoa After the farmers have harvested the cocoa pods from the tree, some

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Farming/Growing Process

24 Oct 2018

Cocoa Fermentation — All About It: Part 2

Cocoa Fermentation Sweatboxes Overtime a number of different types of cocoa fermentation boxes or “sweatboxes” have been used for cocoa

Chocolate Travel Log

20 Feb 2014

Drug Lords? What Drug Lords?

The AMANO Blog In the United States, what crosses many people’s minds when they think of South and Central America

Chocolate Travel Log

15 Feb 2014

Eating Italian in the Dominican Republic? (Or, how I fell in love…)

The AMANO Blog The Dominican Republic is host to some of the finest quality cocoa in the world. It is

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Cacao Sourcing

12 Feb 2014

I Don’t Care What They Pay Me For My Cocoa!

The AMANO Blog In my experience, cocoa farmers have an incredible connection to the land on which they grow their