Mast Brothers [vimeo 8:48] — They began their voyage in their apartment, using a homemade machine to process cacao beans. Over time they cultivated their creation, sourcing beans from family farms in Madagascar, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador. Each bar is handmade with incredible reverence for the process and history of chocolate. They are bound in ornamental papers and golden foil like a collection of rare books. Each bar offers its own story of flavors, and no two are exactly alike.
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posted by netbros
on Nov 25, 2010 -
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Earlier this week news bubbled up that a hedge fund manager with a Bond-villain nickname had made a Bond-villain move: "Choc Finger" bought a whopping 241,000 tons of cocoa beans -- 7% of the world's cocoa supply and enough to make 5 billion chocolate bars
-- driving prices to 33-year highs.
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posted by chavenet
on Jul 22, 2010 -
46 comments
According to legend, Einstein was eating chocolate when he came upon the theory of relativity. These sites are all about chocolate and candy in general.
Chocolate Obsession.
Hyperbole? Maybe. Just a little. Ok, a lot. Chocolate does have a lot to offer, though. It is a one of a kind food characterized by a truly unique and intense flavor. The idea of
Jim's Chocolate Mission came after a discussion with friends about the greatest chocolate bar. Was is the Wispa? Galaxy? Clark?
The Chocolate Review is most likely to review English chocolate because that's where they're from, but they also do imports.
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posted by netbros
on Feb 8, 2009 -
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What happens when a former NASA software engineer and a co-founder of Wired magazine decide to start up a
chocolate company? TCHO Ventures is trying to make single-bean varietal chocolate varieties that best express the
component flavors of chocolate, which they've identified as "
chocolate", "
nutty", "
fruity", "floral", "earthy", and "citrus". To test this concept, they've been "beta-testing" their chocolate in plain brown wrappers, and collecting
feedback. The result is good chocolate, with just a hint of viral marketing.
posted by kaszeta
on Oct 2, 2008 -
26 comments
Lupercalia is a festival that probably pre-dates Rome, and which later became known as St. Valentine's day. It had everything; sacrifice, cake, nudity, spanking and a love lottery. What do we get? A card. If we are lucky. But,
who was Valentine? Did
Chaucer make the whole thing up?
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posted by asok
on Feb 14, 2008 -
27 comments
It's an
advert for chocolate. It's a
man in a gorilla suit drumming to a
track by
Philip Collins Ltd.
It's been very popular. It's
won awards. It's
been spoofed. And it's been mashed-up... some bad (
Metalica (sic),
ACDC,
Guns and Roses), some good (
Bonnie Tyler,
Subsource,
A Skillz,
Bon Jovi,
Deep Purple,
Nirvana) and some utterly sublime (
'Enders,
Bodyrockers,
Cameo). But
great adverts don't always equal
great sales. Bonus:
Monkey Drummer. (
Previously)
posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Dec 23, 2007 -
38 comments
Chocolate Rain. From Bach to Tupac, you can always expect the unexpected from
Tay Zonday. Mr. Zonday has experienced some fame as of late, thanks to shock jocks
Opie & Anthony. Tay is quite the original artist and is, shockingly, unsigned. So, if you know any A&R guys that are looking for new talent, please let them know! My personal favorite is his karaoke cover of Rick Astley's
"Never Gonna Give You Up". Although, the
Darth Vader remix of Chocolate Rain is pretty friggin' sweet, too.
posted by digiFramph
on Jul 27, 2007 -
58 comments
The art of sugar:
flowers,
lace,
birds,
sculpture,
cubes,
gardens,
construction site,
houses,
paintings,
underwear. In
Britain. In Mexico sugar
skulls are created to celebrate the
Day of the Dead.
Amezaiku is a
Japanese candy craft and
wagashi the art of Japanese confection.
posted by nickyskye
on Mar 11, 2007 -
14 comments
MacRobertson's Confectionery were, in the 1930s, trialling new ideas for their children's range. An employee suggested that as "women and children were afraid of mice," rather than a chocolate mouse,
a chocolate frog would be more popular with children. Three days later, what would become Australia's most popular children's confectionery, the
Freddo Frog, was born. Its supposed creator, Harry Melbourne,
died last week, having never received a cent in royalties. However, to this day there remains confusion as to whether he, or rather the inventor of the
Cherry Ripe, Lesley Atkison, was
in fact responsible. Those that only know him in chocolate form may be surprised to find out that Freddo was also the star of
Australia's first cartoon.
posted by Mil
on Jan 29, 2007 -
22 comments
You can't POSSIBLY be serious. The fact that modern breakfast foods (or at least, foods normally associated with breakfast) have expanded to include items such as cereals whose
marshmallow content threatens to outweigh the actual nutritious content, slightly more nutritious items
covered in frosting, and of course, the wide variety of chocolate flavored items, cereals, milk, muffins, and so on. But that's just breakfast. Now, however,
we're getting into personal hygiene. And that may just be
Snakes On A Plane dangerous.
posted by deusdiabolus
on Oct 9, 2005 -
33 comments
"For every
Deep Roy, there are a hundred and fifty of us who are forced to do wacked-out shit on 'The Man Show.' I'd like Tim Burton to tell me to my face what is the benefit of hiring
one dwarf actor and computer-generating him when he could hire seven. We're standing at the gate and we're raising our hands and saying, 'Pick me!' And then Tim Burton comes out and says, 'I'm sorry, guys, go on home. We've got this machine that can do all your jobs.'"
posted by JPowers
on Jul 27, 2005 -
43 comments
Save the Bunnies! Every year, thousands of "pet" rabbits are purchased as Easter gifts, usually for kids, without much thought to the years of care which the animals will need. Within months, humane societies and pet shelters are flooded with the animals, many of which must be euthanized, as there simply aren't enough adopters to give them new homes. In response, the Columbus House Rabbit Society encourages everyone to eschew pet rabbit gifts and say
Make Mine Chocolate!TM instead. And since no campaign is worthwhile these days without a symbolic lapel pin, you can
wear a chocolate bunny to spread the message.
posted by Dreama
on Feb 17, 2005 -
30 comments
