January 2026 News & AMA | #PSC 175

By Clay Gordon | 18 hours ago | | 3 min read

Episode 175 of #PodSaveChocolate features chocolate news that’s fit to eat and AMA/Ask me Anything (about chocolate and cocoa) for January 2026.

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Episode 175 Overview

In this episode: News that’s fit to eat for January, 2026!

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People participating live can Ask Me Anything in the chat at any point during the episode.

Topics lined up to be covered include ...

The Ongoing Saga of the Cost of Cocoa

MARKETS
Futures Prices / Futures Overview – Barchart.com
Graph – Trading Economics
ICCO Pricing Stats
MOVEMENT: Whither Bloomberg (BCOM)?

More News

TL;DR?	browsing headlines
Peek	Top Chocolate News from Google News
Travel	This City Was Just Named the Best in Europe for Hot Chocolate – And It’s Not What You Think
OpEd	The Hidden Costs of Chocolate
M&A	TL;DR
Framing	alt.cocoa is now "Climate Proof"
Trends	Well, Duh.
The Future?	... of Chocolate

Future Episodes

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Friday, January 16th
No episode: I will be traveling.

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Tuesday, January 20th
No episode: I will be traveling.

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Friday, January 23rd
An interview with Jorge Redmond, Chocolates El Rey (Venezuela).

Episode Hashtags

#News #AMA #AskMeAnything
#cocoa #cacao #cacau
#chocolate #chocolat #craftchocolate
#PodSaveChoc #PSC
#LaVidaCocoa #TheChocolateLife

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