CocoaTown Bean to Bar Workshop

Do you want to start a Bean to Bar Craft Chocolate business? As a chef, pastry chef, or chocolatier do you want to add Bean to Bar chocolates? Do you love “New American Chocolates” and want to know how they are made? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, this workshop is for you

CocoaTown’s intensive three day, hands-on Bean to Bar workshop will cover:

• Cocoa beans – fermentation, drying & other post-harvest processes
• Preparing beans for chocolate – varieties, quality control & sorting
• Roasting
• Cracking
• Winnowing
• Grinding
• Tempering
• Making bars and other variations
• Packaging
• Business plan
• Marketing
• Network & learn from international participants – special recipes, culture etc