a starting guide to bean to bar

equipment info, sorting, roasting, how to create a % formula for batches, pdfs and videos

two-hands crafting is where cacaolove comes into the picture

You know how, when someone says their appetite was bigger than their stomach, what they’re trying to say is they couldn’t take in as much as they thought they wanted?

What do we call it when our dreams are bigger than our budget? or our workspace? or our know-how? or even, our biggest fears?

We call it making chocolate.

I say this because there’s no perfect setup, no perfect moment, no perfect piece of equipment or origin. Just the here and now.

Getting started: what you’ll need

Getting started is easier than it seems, and also, you won’t know what you don’t know yet (all the stuff pro craft makers fret over, and the good reasons for the fretting), which means getting started is 50% just go for it and 50% saving grace.

The cacao goddess truly is in your corner.

This means, you can literally buy a melanger, buy beans, roast the beans, hand-winnow the beans, scribble out a % recipe, and get started. Don’t worry about “is it any go…