Taste and culture
Origins, tasting, brands, and chocolate around the world.
Taste and culture · Guide
How to Taste Chocolate Like a Professional
How to taste chocolate step by step: setup, look, snap, smell, melt, flavor and finish, plus words for your notes and how to host a tasting.
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Chocolate in Turkey: History, Industry and What People Eat
How chocolate reached the Ottoman world, what Turkish food law calls bitter and gianduja, and what the trade data say about cocoa, exports and hazelnuts.
Cocoa Origins Compared: Ghana, Ecuador and Madagascar
How Ghana, Ecuador and Madagascar cocoa differ: varieties, trade, ICCO fine flavor status, flavor claims and how to read an origin label.
The Panda Score: How We Rate Chocolate
How the Panda Score rates chocolate: five criteria and their weights, rounding, the off-flavor cap, a worked example and the blind tasting protocol.