Interviews

“Basically we’re finding the limits of what there is today [in terms of quality Vietnamese cacao].” -Samuel Maruta, Marou Chocolate Many people still think of …

“We haven’t counted this year, but in 2018 we got samples from over 400 new chocolate companies.” -Matt Caputo, Chocolate Buyer for Caputo’s Market & …

“Most Asian people care about their health. And the dark or black [chocolate] means health.” -Joyce Lee, Founder & Chocolate Maker of JL Chocolate Taiwan …

“The passion and the love runs out at some point, when there isn’t enough return.” -Sunita De Tourreil, Founder of The Chocolate Garage Most people …

“It’s a joy to wake up and go to work every day, knowing what we’re going to be doing with the rest of our day, …

“The first bean to bar chocolate I ever tasted was my own— and I’m sure it was really bad. But I thought it was so …

It’s the 1950’s; your country is poor and in the throes of recovery from WWII— but in the south, there’s the promise of land. The …

“I think even if the [cacao] beans are all the same, but the makers are different, the outcome is very different.” -Emily Paek, Founder of …

“There’s too much power in the chocolate makers’ hands as opposed to cacao producers’ hands…. for the industry to be truly long-term sustainable, that power …

“Craft chocolate is still such a small industry that it’s very rare that one, or even five craft chocolate makers would be able to purchase …