April News & AMA | #PSC 193

By Clay Gordon | 2 hours ago | | 4 min read

OVERVIEW: Episode 193 of #PodSaveChocolate features chocolate and cocoa news fit to eat, as well as the monthly live AMA (Ask Me Anything about chocolate or cocoa) for April 2026.

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Episode 193 Overview

In this episode: Chocolate News that’s Fit to Eat™ for April 2026.

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People participating live can Ask Me Anything* in the chat at any point during the episode. *(As long as it’s about chocolate or cocoa.))

The Ongoing Saga of the Cost of Cocoa

MARKETS
Futures Prices / Futures Overview – Barchart.com
Graph – Trading Economics
ICCO Pricing Stats

Light Fact-Checking

A quick look in advance of a deeper dive episode after the 2026 Chocolate Score is released.

Can YOU spot the differences/mistakes in/between these two pages? How and why do they matter?

Beta-testing new features for TheChocolateLife

More News

File It Under	browsing headlines
GoogleNews	News
Semantics	Wikipedia: Types of Chocolate
Recant	Hershey Co Folds
Stolen	12 MT of KitKats
Recognized	Cacao of Excellence 2025 / Puerto Rico Snapshot

Future Episodes

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Friday, April 10th
A conversation with Shawn Askinosie on the 20th anniversary of our first bean sourcing trip (to Mexico and Venezuela).

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Tuesday, April 14th – Save the Date!
Craft Chocolat Season 5 Awards Show
All the awards will be presented, and some winners may be present.

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#PodSaveChoc #PSC
#LaVidaCocoa #TheChocolateLife

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