Northwest Chocolate Festival 2016

Many gourmet foods such as olive oil, wine, beer and coffee have established sensory standards to evaluate flavor and quality.  There is growing interest among fine cacao suppliers, traders and fine chocolate makers to develop a similar system for cacao.  TCHO and Equal Exchange work closely with producers and cacao experts in Peru, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic to incorporate their insights and experience into the industry wide conversation on standardized preparation, tasting and evaluating of cacao.  Come hear from these in-country experts about their efforts and perspectives on developing common sensory standards.