Today we hear from Nick Davis, the founder and chocolate maker at One One Cacao in Jamaica. Nick talks about some of the challenges facing cacao farmers and laborers in Jamaica, what needs to change give craft chocolate more visibility, and how making chocolate can help Nick’s family and other Jamaican families reclaim their heritage.
In this episode, David Nilsen talks with brewing scientist Zadkiela Rios about pairing beer and chocolate and how travel and her science background inform her tasting process and experiences.
The inaugural Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival in Rushville, Indiana, will be a celebration of craft chocolate, cacao, and the farmers who grow and harvest it. In this preview, David Nilsen talks with organizer Barb Genuario and Leila Carvajal Erker of sponsor Cocoa Supply.
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