February 14, 2019
It seems that for decades we associate chocolate, especially dark chocolate, with Valentine’s day, love, sexual desire, and relationships. Now, is dark chocolate healthy for love and relationships? Not by coincidence, Valentine’s day is one of the moments during the year where chocolate sales skyrocket. Where does this relationship come from?
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January 08, 2019
When you get into the REAL dark chocolate world, also known as bean-to-bar chocolate, artisan chocolate, craft chocolate, or small-batch chocolate, you will start seeing a significant amount of features in the chocolate bars that you might not know what they mean. Here is a list of the Top 10 details that you should recognize:
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October 17, 2018
Is dark chocolate healthy for the skin? Wouldn’t that be wonderful? Can you imagine that eating chocolate would improve your skin appearance, look, health and more? If true, how much do I have to eat? How often? What kind of dark chocolate? In this article, I explore the scientific evidence answering this question.
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July 28, 2018
Club ChoKolate is always interested in knowing, as deep as possible, the details of bittersweet chocolate making...
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June 27, 2018
You will learn: That there is evidence that dark chocolate is healthy because it has antioxidants; How much dark chocolate...
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April 02, 2018
In 2015, I started to take more serious the gourmet chocolate experience. I decided to attend all the possible events where I could learn a little more about this fascinating world.
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March 29, 2018
The percentage of cacao in artisan chocolate defines the proportion of dark chocolate ingredients, either solids or butter, originating from the cacao bean, in comparison to other components.
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March 19, 2018
It is almost impossible to give an opinion about the quality of a gourmet chocolate bar, as well as it is a good wine, without having tasted it. That is why we, the Club ChoKolate’s team, decided to go to the Castronovo Chocolate’s factory, located in the State of Florida, United States. We knew that the only way of proving the quality and excellence of its bean-to-bar product was in a tasting.
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March 16, 2018
What do the Venezuelans Claudia and Mariela Franceschi, and the North Americans Denise Castronovo and her husband Jim have in common? They produce gourmet chocolate of excellent quality with cacao from recognized origins among the world’s best chocolate. To tell their stories and show you what they share, I will start with the Franceschi sisters.
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March 08, 2018
Bean-to-bar: A term used to identify the artisan or craft method to prepare the chocolate. The chocolate maker acquires the cacao beans, as opposed to buying couverture, minimally process them in his or her facility and makes chocolate. It provides a more controlled environment for the chocolate-making
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February 25, 2018
In this second and final article about essential cacao information, we will be discussing the different cacao varietals...
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February 19, 2018
To make the best chocolate in the world first you need good-quality cacao beans. Usually, high-quality chocolate makers pay premium prices to obtain high-quality cacao beans.
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