From Mid-West Michigan, to Southern State of Georgia, to West Coast Nevada and now to the Pacific Coast of California, home to one of the most famous bridges in the world – San Francisco. I headed to the Bay Area and visited some of the greatest chocolatiers and chocolate makers of the city. Bay Area also happens to be home to many huge American chocolate factories. My focus though was micro-batch chocolate makers, those people who create small-batch chocolates from cacao (or

Our newsletters might have been quiet in September but the OPM wheels were certainly churning. Between Luchie and I, we travelled about 30,000 kilometers last month as part of OFW para sa Magsasaka operations, and very excitingly, to move us nearer to everyone’s passion – CHOCOLATES! Luchie will be talking about her US trip in the next letter as she tried to understand more the craft of fine chocolate-making. It started with her completion of her chocolate-making course at Ec

Cacao Doctor Luchie Suguitan held Chocolate 101: An Introduction to Chocolate Tasting, attended by the Farmers of OFW para sa Magsasaka and representatives of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade & Industries (DTI) of the CARAGA Regional, Provincial and Local Offices, held last 15th of July 2016. Cacao Doctor also explained how one's five senses are engaged when tasting chocolate (and process in this order): Sight, Smell, Sound, Feel and Taste! That