the Next Batch | bean to bar chocolate

the world needs what you bring

so please, small batch makers, keep bringing it

Nov 4

7

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September 2025

welcome to another episode of real life with chocolate

clean up on Aisle 8

Sep 24

10

4

made to be enjoyed, not endured

isn't just a brilliant marketing campaign, it's 89.9% why we reach for chocolate in the first place

Sep 3

8

9

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August 2025

The arrival of Knoops in the U.S.

and why this may be the best thing to happen to craft chocolate, ever, at a time when it can use all the help it can get

Aug 20

15

12

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a micro bakery controversy micro lesson

the sweetness of a craft doughnut micro bakery doing it right

Aug 5

11

4

June 2025

last words

but not all from me: insights from "the best chocolate maker in the world," Mikkel Friis-Holm; a few words about that "make your own couverture to save…

Jun 2

11

19

4

May 2025

building the chocolate business of your dreams

begins by reclaiming the one you've already started, or clarifying the one you want to start

May 19

22

10

crafting outside the chocolate bar box

ideas to help stretch chocolate

May 14

10

2

the how-to's of cupping cacao

an easy and useful way to evaluate our roast results on the spot, and gain insight into origin flavor

May 6

8

6

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absence makes the chocolate heart grow fonder

plus, Substack writers who chocolate, a current list of some amazing reads

May 2

9

4

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April 2025

how to run a chocolate business

it's all about vision, and that's all about learning how to see down the road

Apr 22

19

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the t-word, the pain au chocolate manifesto, bean blending, and bean record-keeping

a few things worth thinking about, not all of them tariffs.

Apr 10

7