

An Analysis of the Chocolate in India
This post, as well as talking about my experiences with Indian chocolate, I will be speaking about how Indian chocolate differs from the...

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Apr 14 min read
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The great chocolate tour continued: The Chocolate Dispensary again
Today I went to the Chocolate Dispensary for the second time, having been there once before. However, they recently opened up a cafe and...

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Mar 224 min read
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The Chocolate Process
Before I begin, I must point out that this is not a regular blog post. This post aims to inform the reader of how chocolate is made, from...

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Jan 216 min read
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The great chocolate tour continued: See's Candies
Today we went to See's Candies. As before with Ghirardelli, I was here to compare and contrast fine and industrial chocolate. There were...

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Dec 25, 20242 min read
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The great chocolate tour continued: Ghirardelli Chocolates
Today we went to Ghirardelli Chocolates, who had recently opened up a store nearby. Now, before you criticize me for not doing more fine...

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Dec 8, 20243 min read
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The great chocolate tour continued: Artisanal Goods by CAR
Today we went to Artisanal Goods by CAR, a chocolatier we had visited before, but had never posted about it. It seems like they expanded...

Serena
Dec 3, 20242 min read
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The great chocolate tour continued: The Chocolate Dispensary
Today we went to the Chocolate Dispensary, a chocolate store that was a pretty long drive away from us. It was a bit like Farmshop, in...

Serena
Nov 17, 20242 min read
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The Northwest Chocolate Makers UnConference and Festival: Days 2-3
The second and third days of the UnConference were almost identical to last year's, but there were some differences, which you will see...

Serena
Oct 27, 20244 min read
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The Chocolate Makers UnConference and Festival 2: Days 0-1
This post and the next post will cover what transpired over the four days that we were in Bellevue, Washington for the Chocolate Makers...

Serena
Oct 14, 20242 min read
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The Letterpress factory tour
Today, we took a tour of Letterpress Chocolate, one of the most visited places on our tour. You may ask, why didn't they do a tour...

Serena
Sep 11, 20242 min read
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The great chocolate tour continued: K's at last
Today we finally managed to get to K's. On the third attempt. There was a lot of pre-checking and verifying and other stuff like that,...

Serena
Aug 8, 20242 min read
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The great chocolate journey continued: Milla Chocolate
Today we went to Milla Chocolates. We have been there, but it was before this blog was started. So, a while. Milla is known for its...

Serena
Jul 27, 20242 min read
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The London trip: London Chocolates
Today I went to a place in the UK called London Chocolates. We were there courtesy of Nettie Atkisson and Hazel Lee, two friends of mine...

Serena
Jul 12, 20242 min read
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The great chocolate tour continued: An attempt at K’s
Today we went to K’s Chocolate. Or so we hoped. We went to the Country Mart where K’s is located, but even though we arrived twenty...

Serena
Jun 4, 20241 min read
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The great chocolate tour continued: Wally's
Today we journeyed to Wally's Fine Wines. I know that might sound like it has nothing to do with chocolate but stay with me, we'll get...

Serena
May 14, 20242 min read
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The CEO chocolate lecture/tasting
Today was the last Friday before spring break, and I had a lecture and tasting to conduct. You see, over the past month or so, I had been...

Serena
Mar 26, 20243 min read
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The great chocolate tour continued: Teuscher Chocolate again
Today we went to Teuscher Chocolate, a previously visited chocolatier. We were going to go to andSons across the street, but the shop was...

Serena
Feb 20, 20242 min read
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The Great Chocolate Tour Continued: Marsatta Chocolate
Today we went to Marsatta Chocolate, a previously undiscovered chocolatier in Torrance, California. They are one of the first original...

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Feb 8, 20242 min read
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The Great Chocolate Tour continued: Farmshop
Today we went to Farmshop. We had no idea this place existed until my friend Jessica recommended it. Farmshop is not technically a...

Serena
Jan 21, 20241 min read
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The Hawaii Cacao Farm Origin Tour
Over winter break, my family took a trip to Hawaii, and while we were there an old friend of mine, Anne, invited us to her farm for a...

Serena
Jan 9, 20243 min read
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