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Cocoa Is More Than Chocolate: Innovations in Brazil With Arcelia Gallardo

We are excited to have Arcelia Gallardo to present a webinar on  Cocoa Is More Than Chocolate: Innovations in Brazil as part of our Empowering Chocopreneurs Webinar series. She will be highlighting...

What, Why & How of Cracking & Winnowing

As part of CocoaTown's Empowering Chocopreneurs Webinar series, we want to bring you a webinar on Mar. 6, 2021 on "What, Why & How of Cracking & Winnowing".  In the process of bean to bar c...

Meet The Presenter - Max Makowski

Max Makowski's relationship with cocoa started at birth.  His family owned a tiny plantation where as a young boy he would spend considerable time.  As an adult his attention turned initially towar...

Mystery of Milk Chocolate Solved - Theory & Practical Tips by Max Makowski

Join us Saturday February 20 from 10 am - 12 noon Atlanta time for this fun and informative discussion about milk chocolate. 

Spaces for innovation along the cocoa supply chain in West Africa by Dr. Kristy Leissle

Join CocoaTown and Dr. Kristy Saturday February 6 - 10 am to 12 Noon Atlanta time for a compelling talk on Challenges & Opportunities of the Cocoa Value Chain in West Africa.  

Meet The Presenter - Dr. Kristy Leissle

As a part of our Empowering Chocopreneurs series we are excited to present Dr. Kristy Leissle.  Dr. Kristy Leissle is a scholar of cocoa and chocolate. Since 2004, she has researched and written a...

Gina Hardy of Gina’s Chocolate and Gina’s Midnight Hummingbird from Trinidad and Tobago

As a part of CocoaTown's #sharethemic campaign, today we are featuring Gina Hardy chocolatemaker, chocolatier, dreamer and wander luster presently on the wonderful island of Trinidad and Tobago. Sh...

Process, Recipe and Equipment Question and Answer by Esteemed Panelist Reyna Flores

Dr. Reyna Flores, panelist on the Process, Recipe and Equipment webinar brought to you as part of our Empowering Chocopreneurs series was kind enough to answer the questions put in the chat. Big Th...

Care & Maintenance of CocoaTown Melangers

Are you looking to invest in your first melanger and want to know how easy it is to use and maintain? Do you have a CocoaTown melanger and want to know how to care and maintain your melanger to ext...

Meet the Presenter Mayari Castellanos

Mayari Castellanos is a graduate archaeologist at the University of the Americas, Mexico with a postgraduate degree in ceramic restoration and conservation. She is an associate researcher at INAH M...