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Where to Buy Cacao Beans
Bean to Bar
English - October 22, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 2.14 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsHow To Education Business Entrepreneurship chocolate craft chocolate bean to bar manoa chocolate dark chocolate cacao cocoa chocolate maker chocolate factory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode discusses where to purchase quality beans. Sourcing is THE most important part of the bean-to-bar process, hence it is essential to find suppliers with quality cacao. It is optimal to buy direct from the farmer (direct trade) but as a smaller chocolate factory this is not always feasible. So watch this episode for a list of reputable intermediary cacao suppliers.
Watch the video version on Craft Chocolate TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7io8VnDvI&t=1s
List of mentioned cacao suppliers: