The Chocolate Life on Clubhouse Weeks 1-16 Archive

Calendars and Resources

There is a week-by-week shared resource repository available to all. Inside each week’s folder is a Gdoc file with each CH Room’s Featured Topic, links to any websites and other resources mentioned, and a list of files (e.g. PDFs) that have been uploaded into that week’s folder.

The repository is a good place to visit before each Room starts to see if there are links and resources that will be referred to during the room. (Pre-show homework, if you’re up for it.)

Here is the shortcut link to the main folder that lists each week’s folder:

TheChocolateLife on Clubhouse Resources - Google Drive

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Featured Topics for the Week of July 5th
Episodes 16.01~16.04 (75-78)

• Week 16 Resource Folder
• Monday July 5th – No Room Today – Independence Day (US) Holiday
• Tuesday – Supply Webs: Connecting Consumers with Farmers.
• Wednesday – Have You Been Ponoed?
• Thursday – “Chocolate in NYC: A Golden Age 1850-1900” with Michael Laiskonis.
• Friday – Co-Packing/Co-Manufacturing w/ Christian Tyler.

Featured Topics for the Week of June 28th
Episodes 15.01~15.05 (70-74)

• Week 15 Resource Folder
• Monday – “Fair” Trade – Who Decides What’s Fair?
• Tuesday – Cocoa Supply Chains – Linking Farmers & Consumers.
• Wednesday – Deep Dive: Cocoa Powder suggested by Rosemary Daly who posed the question, “Why did Valrhona remove ‘100% Cocoa’ from the front of their cocoa powder packaging?”
• Thursday – A History of Chocolate in a NY state of mind: A Second Revolution: Chocolate in New York City, 1800-1850 w/ Michael Laiskonis.
• Friday – The Future of Chocolate.

Featured Topics for the Week of June 21st
Episodes 14.01~14.05 (65-69)

• Week 14 Resource Folder
• MONDAY – A Dark Side to bean-to-bar/craft/artisan chocolate.
• TUESDAY – Truth or Consequences: Origin Stories.
• WEDNESDAY – Is Aging Chocolate a (Good) Thing?
• THURSDAY – Chocolate in NYC 1750-1800: A Consuming Culture ›› Podcast ‹‹
• FRIDAY – Mass Balance Deep Dive – What it is and what it means.

Featured Topics for the Week of June 14th
Episodes 13.01~13.05 (60-64)

• Week 13 Resource Folder
• VIP Clubhouse Join links are room-specific. They expire once the room has ended. Use the link (on your phone) to jump the waitlist, create a CH account, join the club, and RSVP to the room.
• MONDAY – Wine & Chocolate hosted by David Greenwood-Haigh with special guest Judith Lewis.
• TUESDAY – On Beyond Chocolate: Upcycling!
• WEDNESDAY – Why Belgium?
• THURSDAY – The History of Chocolate 1750 – present-day viewed from New York. This room will be an introduction into a weekly five-part series of rooms looking at specific eras in the history of chocolate “in a New York state of mind” – with Michael Laiskonis, Creative Director of the Institute of Culinary Education and ex- Executive Pastry Chef of Tribute and Le Bernardin. ›› Podcast ‹‹
• FRIDAY – ¡Not! SharkTank w/ FZ Hakam of Zora Chocolate (Morocco/US).

Featured Topics for the Week of June 7th
Episodes 12.01~12.05 (55-59)

• Week 12 Resource Folder
• MONDAY – Packaging: The Good, The Bad, and The ... with David Greenwood-Haigh.
• TUESDAY – Origins: Venezuela w/ Claudia Franceschi, Corina Gimenez, and Mariana de la Rosa.
• WEDNESDAY – Nestlé USA & Cargill USA vs John Doe. A ruling is anticipated in the US Supreme Court — ›› Podcast ‹‹
• THURSDAY – 3D Printing Chocolate
• FRIDAY – alt.sweet (Alternative Sweeteners)

Featured Topics for the Week of May 31st
Episodes 11.01~11.05 (51-54)

• Week 11 Resource Folder
• MONDAY – NO ROOM – Memorial Day
• TUESDAY – Communicating Sustainability w/ Leo Palmer of Twenty Degrees Cacao.
• WEDNESDAY – Understanding Consumer Perception of Craft Chocolate.
• THURSDAY – Is “Craft” Chocolate The Future (of chocolate)?
• FRIDAY – Deep Dive: Fermentation.

Featured Topics for the Week of May 24th
Episodes 10.01~10.05 (46-50)

• Week 10 Resource Folder
• VIP Invite links are room-specific they expire once the room has finished.
• MONDAY – Deep Dive: How to Perfect Pairings
• TUESDAY – The Perfect Workshop Pt 1: Estimating Production
  Capacity
• WEDNESDAY – The Perfect Workshop Pt 2: Grand Designs
• THURSDAY – Tackling Poverty
• FRIDAY – Characterizing the World Cocoa Markets

Featured Topics for the Week of May 17th
Episodes 09.01~09.05 (41-45)

• Week 9 Resource Folder
• MONDAY – Origins: Colombia with César Aguilar of Cacaitos Colombian Cacao
• TUESDAY – Barbecue and Chocolate (w/ David Greenwood-Haigh)
• WEDNESDAY – The Influence of Color on Taste (w/ David Greenwood-Haigh)
• THURSDAY – Trendy Trends Trending – Hype, Hope, or Hapless?
• FRIDAY – Equipment Confessions (w/ Christian Tyler)

Featured Topics for the Week of May 10th
Episodes 08.01~08.05 (36-40)

• Week 8 Resource Folder
• MONDAY – Origins: Ecuador with featured guest Jenny Samaniego, founder of Conexión Chocolate and founder and co-organizer of the Cacao and Chocolate Summit. ›› Podcast ‹‹
• TUESDAY – My Best Mistake(s)
• WEDNESDAY – Blending (is your friend)
• THURSDAY – What is Quality?
• FRIDAY – Educating Children (about cocoa and chocolate)

Featured Topics for the Week of May 3rd
Episodes 07.01~07.05 (31-35)
Introducing David Greenwood-Haigh as Club Admin/Co-host

• Week 7 Resource Folder
• MONDAY – Origins: Prehistory
• TUESDAY – Weirdest Flavor Combinations
• WEDNESDAY – Is Chocolate Dangerous?
• THURSDAY – On Beyond Bean to Bar
• FRIDAY – Chocolate’s Biggest Marketing Blunders

Featured Topics for the Week of April 26th
Episodes 06.01~06.05 (26-30)

• Week 6 Resource Folder
• MONDAY – Origins: Panama w/ Lyn Bishop, a cacao farmer and chocolate maker on Panama’s Pacific Coast
• TUESDAY – Deep Dive: Conching
• WEDNESDAY – Deep Dive: Couverture w/ David Greenwood-Haigh
• THURSDAY – Deep Dive: CocoTerra Chocolate Maker w/ Nate Saal, CocoTerra’s founder
• FRIDAY – Tasting, Rating & Reviewing Chocolate — ››Podcast‹‹

Featured Topics for the Week of April 19th
Episodes 05.01~05.05 (21-25)

• Week 5 Resource Folder
• MONDAY – Origins: Grenada with Aaron Sylvester
• TUESDAY – What Were They Thinking? (about head-scratching new products)
• WEDNESDAY – Is GMO in Cocoa a Thing?
• THURSDAY – Innovating in Cocoa and Chocolate w/ Special Guests
• FRIDAY – How Chocolate Gets Its Taste: Nature v Nurture w/ Special Guest Eric Reid of SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier.

Featured Topics for the Week of April 12th
Episodes 04.01~04.05 (16-20)

• Week 4 Resource Folder
• MONDAY – ORIGINS: Jamaica with Nick Davis/One One Cacao. The first in a new weekly series that will feature a cocoa grower and/or chocolate maker from an origin country talking about history, business, traditional uses for cacao, the unique challenges and opportunities they face, and more.
• TUESDAY – Awards Programs; The Good, the Bad & the Ugly Part 2.
• WEDNESDAY – A look at the economics of being a boutique cocoa trader through an examination of the numbers presented in their annual transparency report.
• WEDNESDAY CHOCOLATE COLLAB ROOM w/ F&B Magazine on Clubhouse FOHBOH is not the same as FOMO – how can the worlds of specialty chocolate and hospitality work together to integrate chocolate in ways that enhance the dining experience? That and more from @ 21:00 EDT until ...? in a members-only room hosted by F&B Magazine.
• THURSDAY – Important inventions in the history of chocolate.
• FRIDAY – The Business of Chocolate.

Featured Topics for the Week of April 5th
Episodes 03.01~03.05 (11-15)

• Week 3 Resource Folder
• MONDAY: Easter Chocolate Traditions
• TUESDAY: Awards Programs: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
• WEDNESDAY: Tony’s Oh-So-Lonely: A Deep Dive
• THURSDAY: Former Slaves vs Big Chocolate
• FRIDAY: One World Chocolate

Featured Topics for the Week of March 29th
Episodes 02.01~02.05 (06-10)

• Week 2 Resource Folder
• MONDAY: Ethical Purchasing Scorecards
• TUESDAY: Tasting Secrets of International Chocolate Judges / Parosmia
• WEDNESDAY: Humpday AMAA (Ask Me Almost Anything)
• THURSDAY: Special Guest: Frederick Schilling
• FRIDAY: Ghana Throws Down a Gauntlet

Featured Topics for the Week of March 22nd
Episodes 01.01~01.05 (01-05)

• Week 1 Resource Folder
• MONDAY: First Room!
• TUESDAY: Innovation
• WEDNESDAY: Influences / Mentors
• THURSDAY: Health claims (raw, paleo, and more)
• FRIDAY: Tea and Labels with co-moderator Amy Dubin of Janam Tea

Featured image credit: Original by Super Straho on Unsplash