When we talk about the taste of chocolate, what do we mean? As with specialty coffee, sometimes it can be hard to articulate what we...

Craft chocolate is a relatively young industry compared to specialty coffee and other artisanal movements such as craft beer, but there are undoubtedly some similarities...

In a small village on the shore of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, I recently purchased a pound of cacao beans from a local vendor. They cost...

Is there a difference between fine chocolate and its commercial counterpart? Of course there is. You can probably taste it when you sample a smooth...

What’s the difference between dark, milk, and white chocolate? Is white chocolate even chocolate and does milk chocolate really contain milk? Is fine chocolate always...

A silky-smooth Ecuadorian. A rich Madagascan. An aromatic Papua New Guinean. What’s the difference between these three chocolate bars, really? There are so many factors...

That moment we take our first bite of a fine chocolate bar, letting it melt onto our tongue, we are tasting happiness. But there’s no reason...