Interviews

“When we first started trying to purchase beans, when we called up the bean broker… we said, you know, we just want to buy one bag, two bags [of cocoa …

“For us it’s important, very important, that we protect the good name of Cambodian cacao.” -Stefan, Co-founder of KamKav Cacao Company Ancient temples or genocide. Those are the two most …

“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 Vietnam in terms of its …

“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 & Deli Sometimes it feels like …

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

“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 who grew up eating chocolate …

“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, AND it’s [still considered to …

“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 exciting, so amazing, that I …

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 Japanese occupied the Philippines for …

“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 Public Chocolatory Emily Paek was …