Interview & Tasting: Magno Chocolates, Colombia | #PodSaveChocolate
Episode 46 of #PodSaveChocolate features an interview and tasting with Nataly Nicholls, founder of Magno Chocolates (Medellin, Colombia).
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Episode 46 Overview
In this episode, I will be joined by Nataly Nicholls, founder of Magno Chocolates, located in Medellin, Colombia. As I’ve written in other posts, one of my favorite episode formats is to interview a chocolate maker – especially when they’re checking in from a producing country – and taste and respond to their work, live.
This is the link to the US e-commerce website.
I learned of Magno from a post in the r/chocolate subreddit and after a short correspondence with Nataly was intrigued enough about their story to schedule a video call that led to scheduling this interview and tasting.
I received from Magno two products for today’s tasting, one of which is their Origin chocolate/coffee tasting box:
Purchase this product (US addresses only).
The other selection to be tasted is a trio of bars:
Purchase (US addresses only) links: Cookie Chunks bar. Salted Caramel bar. Golden Berries bar.
Sourcing Map
One area where Nataly and I chatted a fair bit was ingredient sourcing. I was in Colombia in 2022 and spent my time in Bogota (the airport), in the north in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and in the northwest between Monteria and Necocli. I took the locations Nataly sent me and pinned them on the map below to help get a sense of the range and diversity of Magno’s sourcing practices.
Format
The first half of the episode will be spent in the interview with Nataly, exploring the history of Magno, inspirations, chocolate in Colombia, and more. The latter half will be spent in the tasting – which will include (for the first time) coffee specifically matched to the chocolates.
Questions?
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#MagnoChocolates
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Magno Chocolates on Instagram
Magno Chocolates on TikTok
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Clay Gordon
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