Chocolate Best Before Dates. Does chocolate expire?

Best before dates, expiration dates, and chocolate. Is it okay to eat chocolate past the expiration or best before date?

In The Kitchen, Chocolate Making, Chocolate TastingGeosephFebruary 28, 2023best before dates, FAQs, FACTS, Important

Off-Flavours In Bean-To-Bar Chocolate

What are some off-flavours in chocolate? Mold, sour notes, burnt, ferment / barn, putrid / cheesy, metallic / medicinal may be off-flavours you find in artisan bean-to-bar chocolate.

Chocolate Making, Chocolate TastingGeosephFebruary 8, 2023off-flavour, FACTS, Facts

Why is chocolate toxic to dogs, cats, and other animals?

Why is chocolate toxic to dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, and other animals?

Neurogastronomy, Fun Facts, Chocolate TastingGeosephJanuary 27, 2023FACTS, FAQs

Deodorized vs Non-deodorized Cocoa Butter

What is the difference between deodorized and non deodorized cocoa butter?

Ingredients, In The KitchenGeosephJanuary 22, 2023FACTS

What is milk chocolate?

In The Kitchen, Ingredients, Chocolate TastingGeosephJanuary 22, 2023FAQs

What is white chocolate? Is it really chocolate?

What is white chocolate? Is white chocolate really chocolate?

In The Kitchen, Ingredients, Chocolate TastingGeosephJanuary 22, 2023FAQs

Carob & Cocoa blend to reduce bitterness?

Carob and Cocoa blend to reduce bitterness in cocoa and dark chocolate products.

Chocolate Making, In The KitchenGeosephJanuary 16, 2023Research

Myth: I can't afford to enjoy fine bean-to-bar chocolate.

How to enjoy fine bean-to-bar chocolate on a budget.

Chocolate TastingGeosephJanuary 14, 2023Myths

What is a ganache?

What is a chocolate ganache?

In The KitchenGeosephJanuary 14, 2023FAQs

"Cacao" vs "Cocoa"

What is the difference between cacao and cocoa?

Fun Facts, Ingredients, Cacao & BotanyGeosephJanuary 14, 2023FACTS, Important

Global chocolate consumption per capita in selected countries 2021

Global chocolate consumption per capita in selected countries 2021. Which country eats the most chocolate, and which eats the least?

Fun Facts, StatisticsGeosephJanuary 14, 2023FACTS

Which country exports the most chocolate?

Fun Facts, StatisticsGeosephJanuary 14, 2023FAQs

Ingredients In Chocolate

Ingredients found in chocolate. Whether you are making your own bean-to-bar chocolate or want to better understand the chocolate you consume, I will go over a list of ingredients in chocolate and their purpose.

Chocolatier, IngredientsGeosephJanuary 7, 2023FAQs, FACTS

What Is Couverture Chocolate? Is It Really Top Grade Chocolate?

What is couverture chocolate? Is it really top quality chocolate? What is the difference between couverture chocolate and chocolate chips or other chocolate?

ChocolatierGeosephJanuary 5, 2023FAQs, FACTS

How to conduct a fine chocolate tasting

How to set up a professional bean-to-bar chocolate tasting

Chocolate TastingGeosephDecember 28, 2022FAQs

The History Of Chocolate Flavour

History of chocolate flavour cacao fruit cacao beans drinking chocolate

GeosephDecember 28, 2022

Are there only three varieties of cacao? Which one is best?

Theobroma cacao varieties Forastero, Trinitario Amelonado, Criollo, Contanama, Curaray, Guiana, Iquitos, Maranon, Nacional, Nanay, and Purus.

Cacao & BotanyGeosephDecember 18, 2022FAQs, FACTS

Factors influencing quality variation in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) bean flavour profile - a review

Factors which influence quality variation in cocoa bean flavour including cocoa genetics, genotype, pulp pre-conditioning, fermentation, drying, roasting, type of soil, and age of tree and how they play a part in flavour development of cocoa beans and chocolate.

Cacao & BotanyGeosephNovember 25, 2022Research