Giving Thanks For Chocolate | #PodSaveChocolate

By Clay Gordon | 6 months ago | 5 min read

Original background photo (Paris, 2010 / Eric Pasquet). Pod graphic by: Sara Scodeller.

Episode 3 of #PodSaveChocolate features a tasting of some chocolates I picked up on my recent London trip as well as a discussion of what I have to be thankful for in my pursuit of my ChocolateLife. #cacao #cocoa #chocolate

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Episode Overview

I have a lot to be thankful for when it comes to the worlds of cocoa and chocolate.

Pursuing my ChocolateLife has given me opportunities to travel around the world, meet amazing people, have incredible and make amazing friends. In this episode of PodSaveChocolate, I will be sharing some of my ChocolateLife journey.

The featured photo above shows one such experience, which took place in Paris (Neuilly, specifically) in 2010 during a two-day Discover Chocolate in Paris tour I organized during the Salon du Chocolat. I will share more about what went on that day during the episode as well as chocolates, people, places, and other experiences that I am thankful for.

I will also be tasting some of the chocolates I purchased (and was gifted) during my recent trip to London for International Cocoa Diplomacy’s International Cocoa and Chocolate Forum.

You can learn about some of my experiences in London in this post and livestream.

Chocolate Brands Tasted

I tasted six bars during the episode.

Fair, Bio, Bean-to-Bar | Choco Del Sol

Bean-to-Bar Schokolade aus Deutschland ✓ Bio-zertifiziert & fair gehandelt ▷ Single-Origin Tafeln ✚ 5.000+ zufriedene Kunden ➨ Jetzt genießen!

Choco Del Sol

1 bar: Trail Mix 50% Tanzania dark milk

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London Chocolate 1 bar: 70% Mexico / Finca la Rioja.

Lucocoa Chocolate

We’re London’s first craft chocolate maker, making chocolate from bean to bar. We make our chocolate in small batches over three days, using only the rarest and finest Criollo and Trinitario cocoa beans; beans that are grown on farms employing the fairest practices. We only add some cocoa butter and

Lucocoa ChocolateBARS

3 bars: 60% Haiti; 60% Haiti w/ nutmeg & cinnamon; DR w/ giandiua (Ghana/hazelnuts)

PodSaveChocolate Commitments

In every episode of PodSaveChocolate I ask my guests and participants to identify something they will commit to – this day, next week, next month, and next year to save chocolate. I hold myself to this same task, and so I am including this section, starting with this episode, for what I am committing to.

Of course, I am not a perfect human being. I recognize there are commitments I have made to individuals that I have failed to fulfill, in part and in full.

So, one major #PSC commitment is to fullfull those obligations.

Homework for Participants

What are YOU thankful for? Share live during the episode and in the comments below. (You have to be a member to comment.)

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