2013 January

   Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti Hello C-spotters! Welcome to our inaugural newsletter. Fully roasted but perhaps a little underconched. Keepin’ it real (not raw).   A King? A Temple? A Bar? Been to the Solomon Islands? Dunno where...

Postscript: Chocolypse Now

Back in San Diego, CA the Pearsons ‘break ‘n bite’ together with their new favorite bar: Fortunato No. 4. One too hot for The Smithsonian to handle. They asked a friend to approach The Smithsonian with a proposal for an unveiling of Fortunato No. 4 after it hosted an...

XV. Damn Fortune

Precious little of all this matters to chocolate enthusiasts & everyday consumers unless the flavor measure up. The proof rests on the taste buds with the following caveat: beware of variability. There are only great bars; no great chocolate per se. Makers face...

XI. The Mother 'F' Tree

Marañón Canyon Cacao signed a Material Transfer Agreement with the USDA, then sent random leaf samples to its Beltsville, Maryland Laboratory for genetic testing. A couple months later Lyndel Meinhardt called Pearson with the results. “Dan, are you sitting down?” At...

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