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TheChocolateLife :: LIVE Calendar
Conversations on topics in cocoa and chocolate streamed live to YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
Scheduled Live Streams
“The Busiest Intersection in the World” – Shibuya, Tokyo
Scheduled
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Friday, August 12th, 12:00-13:00 EDT
Topic: TASTING of Brazilian chocolates
Topic: TASTING of Brazilian chocolates
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Tuesday, August 16th, 12:00-13:00 EDT
Guests: Sander Wolf
Topic: 2022 Dallas Chocolate Festival
Guests: Sander Wolf
Topic: 2022 Dallas Chocolate Festival
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Friday, August 19th, 12:00-13:00 EDT
Topic: Debunking Chocolate “Myths”
Topic: Debunking Chocolate “Myths”
In The Works
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Future Guests and Topics Not Yet Scheduled
Guest: Juan Gonzalez, MABCO / Canada
Guest: Marika van Santvoort, Gaia Cacao / Pacha de Cacao
Topic: Deep Dive Roasting
Have an idea for a future topic? Let us know in the comments.
Guest: Juan Gonzalez, MABCO / Canada
Guest: Marika van Santvoort, Gaia Cacao / Pacha de Cacao
Topic: Deep Dive Roasting
Have an idea for a future topic? Let us know in the comments.
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Postponed
Guests: Zoi Papalexandratou / Carolina Aguilar
Topic: MOCCA Flavor Mapping Project
Guests: Zoi Papalexandratou / Carolina Aguilar
Topic: MOCCA Flavor Mapping Project
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Postponed – LIVE REMOTE
Topic: Coffee cupping and chocolate tasting with Jeff Abella, Moka Origins, live remote from their factory in the Poconos.
Topic: Coffee cupping and chocolate tasting with Jeff Abella, Moka Origins, live remote from their factory in the Poconos.
August, 2022
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – The International Markets for Specialty Cocoa
A look at the international markets for cocoa and where specialty cocoa fits.

June, 2022
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Innovation Part 2: 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show Roundup
Episode 48 streams live Tuesday, June 14th from 12:00 EDT.

TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Innovation, Trends, Awards
Episode 47 streams live on Friday, July 3rd from 12:00 EDT. This is part one in a two-part series surrounding my return to the Fancy Food Show for the first time since June/July 2019.

TheChocolateLife::LIVE – María Jiménez Rojas / Daarnhouwer
“A month in the life of a specialty cocoa specialist” streams worldwide live from ChocolateLife HQ in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, June 3rd starting at 10:00 EDT / 16::00 CET.

May
UPDATED: TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Chocoa 2022 Preview (Unofficial)
Episode 45 streams live from Brooklyn, NY starting at 12:00 EDT on Tuesday, May 31st.

TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Solar Drying Cocoa w/ GrainPro’s Diego Lara
Streaming WorldWide LIVE from Brooklyn NY on Friday, May 27th beginning at 12:00 EDT.

TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Can Chocolate be Raw? Paleo? + a Fad(?) & AMA
As with most things cocoa and chocolate, answers to questions about chocolate being raw or paleo are prefaced by, “It depends on what you mean by raw / paleo.”

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Connecting Ethics, Sustainability, & Transparency to Impact
Episode 42 (as everyone knows, 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything) streams LIVE worldwide from Brooklyn, NY on Friday, May 20th from 12:00 EDT.

TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Bryan Graham / Fruition Chocolate Works
Episode 41 streams LIVE worldwide from Brooklyn, NY starting at 12:00 EDT on Tuesday, May 17th.

UPDATED – TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Constructing Transparent Transparency Reports
Episode 39 streams LIVE worldwide from Brooklyn, NY starting at 12:00 EDT on Tuesday, May 10th.

UPDATED: TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Deconstructing “Transparency” Reports
Episode 39 streams LIVE worldwide from Brooklyn, NY from 12:00 EDT on Friday, May 6th.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Samir Giha, Cacaosuyo, Perú
Episode 38 starts streaming to you live from Brooklyn NY & Lima, Perú at 12:00 EDT / 11:00 PET Tuesday, May 3rd.

April
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Philippe Juglar / AVPA
Episode 37 streams live worldwide from NYC/Paris from 12:00 EDT Friday, April 29th.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE From the Front w/ Miki Mistrati
Episode 36 streams LIVE from 12:00 EDT / 17:00 BST on Tuesday April 26th.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Carlos Eichenberger, Danta Chocolate, Guatemala
Episode 35 starts streaming live at 12:00 EDT on Friday, April 22nd.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Heinde & Verre
Note the earlier start time! Episode 34 streams live from 10:00 EDT (16:00 CET) on Tuesday, April 19th.

TheChocolateLife LIVE - Deep Dive into Cut Tests
Episode 33 streams live starting at 12:00 EDT on Friday, April 15th.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – with Chantal Coady
Episode 32 streams live starting at 11:00 am EDT – that’s 16:00 British Summer time – on Tuesday, April 12th.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Deep Dive into Continuous Tempering
Episode 31 streams live on Friday, April 8th from 12:00 EDT.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Judging Quality
Episode 30 streams live from 12:00 EDT on Tuesday, April 5th.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – The Penn State Chocolate Short Course
Episode 29 streams live on YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn on Friday, April 1st starting at 12:00 noon EDT.

March
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Yes, Virgil, There IS Such a Thing as Bad Chocolate
Episode 28 streams live worldwide on Tuesday, March 29th from 12:00 EDT.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Melangers Deep Dive
Episode 27 streaming LIVE worldwide on Friday, March 25th from 12:00 EDT.

TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Jeff Abella / Moka Origins
Episode 26 streams worldwide LIVE from 12:00 EDT, Tuesday, March 22ndWi.

TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Mass Balance & Other Cautionary Tales
Episode 25 streaming worldwide LIVE from 12:00 EDT, Friday, March 18th.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Mackenzie Rivers / Map Chocolate & The Next Batch School
Episode 24 streaming worldwide live on Tuesday March 15th from 12:00 EDT – Daylight time here in the US.

TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Words. Beliefs. Actions. Consequences.
Episode 23 streaming worldwide live on Tuesday March 11th from 12:00 EST.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Nick Davis, One One Cacao, Jamaica
Episode 22 streaming worldwide live on Tuesday March 8th from 12:00 EST.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Chocolate Styles, Ancient & Modern
Episode 21: Streaming live from 12:00pm EST Friday March 4th

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Max Gandy / Dame Cacao
Episode 20: Streaming live Tue Mar 1 from 12:00 EST.

February
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Printing & Packaging 101
Episode 19: Streaming live from 12:00pm EST Friday February 25th

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Damion Badalamenti
Streaming live from 12:00pm EST Friday February 22nd

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – the blacklist
Streaming live from 12:00pm EST Friday February 18th

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – w/ Shawn Askinosie
Streaming LIVE on Tue Feb 15 from 12pm EST

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Learning to Taste (Chocolate)
Streaming LIVE on Fri Feb 11 from 12:00 EST.

TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Wolter Chocolates, Tabasco, MX
Tue Feb 8 starting at 12:00 EST

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Co-Packing 101
Friday, February 4th, 12:00 EST

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Derek Pedersen & John Malik
The first in the new Tuesday series that focuses on individuals in cocoa and chocolate.

January, 2022
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Global & DR Cocoa Studies Part 2
Friday, January 28th starting at 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Terry Collingsworth, International Rights Advocates
Friday, January 21st, 12:00 EST.

TheChocolateLife :: Live – 2021 Global Cocoa Study Preview
Friday, January 14th beginning at 12:00 EST.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Learning to Teach Chocolate Making
Streaming LIVE Friday, January 7th from 12 noon EST.

December, 2021
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – ESG & Sustainability Reporting
Friday, December 31st starting at 12 noon EST.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE 2021 Year in Review
Friday, December 24th starting at 12 noon EST.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Carolina Pozo, MUZE Chocolate
Streaming Live on Friday December 17th starting at 12 noon EST.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Lars Saquero Møller, Agroclimatica
Streaming Live on Friday December 10th starting at 10am EST.

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Heather Terry, GoodSam Foods
The next stream in the regularly-scheduled series of interviews LIVE streamed to YouTube (on The Chocolate Wire channel) and Facebook (The Chocolate Life page and the Salones Internacionales de Cacao y Chocolate group).

November, 2021
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Christopher Curtin
The next stream in the regularly-scheduled series of interviews LIVE streamed to YouTube (on The Chocolate Wire channel) and Facebook (The Chocolate Life page and the Salones Internacionales de Cacao y Chocolate group).

TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Arcelia Gallardo
Participate LIVE Friday, November 19th at 12 noon EST.


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