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Making Chocolate is Easy—Making Exceptional Chocolate Isn't

Discover the intricate journey from cacao bean to exceptional chocolate. Learn how genetics, terroir, meticulous fermentation, precise roasting, and expert crafting transform ordinary cacao into extraordinary chocolate.

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Why handmade chocolate?

Why handmade chocolate?

Often I ask myself why I spend so much time doing simple tasks that can be automated.
The answer to that is precisely why I do it :)
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Wrapping it up

Wrapping it up

Today I get to taste the fruit of a creative process that took almost two years: I find myself folding and wrapping the first batch of bars that will carry my brand!
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Springtime love affair

Springtime love affair

The story about my springtime love affair with Muña, a fresh green leaf from the Puna.
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Roasting cacao, 2020 lockdown style

Roasting cacao, 2020 lockdown style

Life is what you make of it... I choose to make chocolate!

This quarantine situation forces me to give trust way more generously than I would do under normal circumstances. It turns out to be an excellent exercise which accelerates the learning process as well as building a strong team spirit. 

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My chocolate value manifesto

My chocolate value manifesto

I am writing this to make a clear public statement on why and how I make chocolate. To keep me accountable and to bring awareness into the chocolate, so you...
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source cacao for bean to bar chocolate - the genetics

How to source cacao for bean to bar chocolate?

I have the luxury to live and produce in a country that produces a large chunk of the variety of cacao that exists on our planet. Make no mistake, sourcing...
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one of my first batches of chocolate I made

How I became a chocolate maker

I remember it like it was yesterday: It was a warm spring day in Lima, and I was roasting coffee on my rooftop terrace in Barranco. Amanda and Richard were there, and...
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