Author: Team Craft Sense
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Destigmatizing West Africa Cocoa
Has anyone seen a bean-to-bar chocolate made from cacao from Ivory Coast? It’s a legitimate question. We may have seen one from Bonnat at one point, but not anything else. It’s telling that the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cacao producing nation is absent from the craft chocolate scene. This is because cocoa from West…
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How Pachamama Coffee is Turning the Coffee World on Its Head
Pachamama Coffee is a third wave coffee company and then some. We all know third wave coffee producers are better than their mass-market peers. For one, the coffee is actually drinkable. Second, and more importantly, the coffee is often direct or fair trade and frequently organic. This means third wave roasters almost always pay more than…
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Like Water for Coffee: The Best For Your Brew
Like all beverages, and indeed most things on this planet, coffee is mostly water. So the quality of your water is central to the quality of your coffee. But what makes “good” water for coffee? We’ll get into it below. We’ll keep this post short, but if you want the basics even more quickly, check…
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A Brief History of 420
We all know what 420 is about. It’s the day – and time if you’re daily indulger – that people around the world come together to celebrate and partake in cannabis consumption. But where did it all start? Years ago when we were growing up, 420 was rumored to have started as the Los Angeles…
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Inclusion Bars: Rose Bar with Cardamom Infusion
Normally we are purists. No sweetener or milks in our coffee. Not more than three ingredients in our favorite craft chocolate bars. However, once in a while some inclusion bars really stand out. Most recently it was Elements Truffles Rose Bar with Cardamom Infusion. Inclusion bars are those that include other ingredients beyond the bean-t0-bar…