Changing Chocolate: Indigenous Cooperatives in Ecuador

Location: Palamountain Hall: Davis Auditorium

Date: 04/11/2011

Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Open to campus community only.

Speaker: Judy Logback and Kallari Chocolate Representative

Description:
You can experience a flavorful journey into the world of gourmet dark chocolate in this blind tasting of chocolates.

This educational and sensory-stimulating lecture helps you learn to distinguish chocolate notes, discern roasting techniques and recognize origins. You will savor gourmet chocolates from around the world during the session, meanwhile learning to develop control of the palate and texture identification. The audience will gain familiarity with the numerous stages in cocoa production and bean preparation from an Amazon cocoa grower.

Then, an experienced chocolatier will talk about the regional flavors of cocoa beans, the process involved in chocolate making, and the economic impact of the world's third most important commodity. Farmer-owned chocolate bars processed nearby in the cocoa groves will be matched up against the top-rated leading gourmet, fair trade, and organic dark chocolates in a blind tasting that will challenge even experienced chocoholics.

Kallari Chocolate is the only world-class dark chocolate made by indigenous farmers who are 100% owners of their own line of chocolate bar. Human rights campaigns, environmental researchers, and discerning food critics have praised the Kallari line of organic gourmet bars.

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Sponsor:
Sustainable Skidmore, International Affairs, Speakers Bureau, Management & Business, Latin American Studies, Intercultural Studies, Environmental Studies, Office of Student Diversity Programs

Contact:
Riley Neugebauer
518-580-5865

Attendance Info: Please RSVP to rneugeba@skidmore.edu for this event.

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