Lauren Adler
Uncommon Cacao
Featured chocolate theme, June 2025 This month’s featured expert is Emily Stone, the CEO and Founder of Uncommon Cacao, a...
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Resources & Tips
There's No Such Thing as "The Only Chocolate Bar Worth Buying"
43 chefs. 10 bars. Here's what they missed — and what 12 craft chocolate professionals recommend instead.
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Discover stories, tasting notes, and insights from the world of craft chocolate, celebrating the makers, flavors, and experiences that make it extraordinary.
Lauren Adler
Four Origins, One Philosophy. A Guided Tasting of Transparent Trade Chocolate
On a Thursday evening in June, members of The Chocolate Explorers Club gathered virtually for a guided chocolate tasting with...
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Lauren Adler
Tasting with Dr. Maricel Presilla: An Expert's Guide to Flavor Complexity
In May our members embarked on a delicious journey through the world of award-winning chocolate, guided by one of the...
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Lauren Adler
Africa-Origin Cocoa with Dr. Kristy Leissle
Our March 2025 theme was curated around our speaker, Dr. Kristy Leissle, an expert on the cocoa markets in Africa....
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Lauren Adler
Chocolate Tree, Scotland
Featured chocolate maker, January 2025 Alastair (“Ali”) Gower and Friederike (“Freddie”) Gower co-founded Chocolate Tree in 2005 when they were...
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Lauren Adler
Master Fermenter: Dan O'Doherty
The theme of our inaugural member subscription box is Flavor. Specifically, how fermentation impacts the flavor of cacao and chocolate....
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