The Chocolate Bros

Hello and good day!

Here is part 2 of our series going through the entire chocolate making process in extreme detail.

If you are interested in knowing pretty much everything there is to know about how chocolate is made from beginning to end, these podcasts are for you.

As an added bonus, we discuss our favorite ways to use cacao nibs.

Brian loves to coat them in agave or maple syrup and roast them in the oven.

I love to put them in a food processor and grind them into a powder and then mix them with a sweetener like monk fruit or coconut sugar. I usually do a 80/20 cacao/sweetener mixture.

That powder goes great on fruit salad, in baked goods and smoothies, and you can also eat a spoonful of it straight.

Enjoy!

If you want to geek out on chocolate and food, this is the episode for you. 

We go deep on the entire chocolate making process. 

We go so deep that we only get through the first step on this episode. 

Although, in fairness to us, we did spend the first half of the episode discussing the humanitarian crisis in Peru caused by millions of refugees flooding in from Venezuela. 

On the whole, this is probably our best and most interesting podcast to date. 

One of the conclusion that we come to is that great chocolate, and great food in general, is truly a great bargain when you consider how much knowledge and expertise is required to make it. 

Enjoy!

What We Like In Food And Life - With Special Guest David Anijo

Over the last 13 years, we have been through a lot of ups and downs in the chocolate business. 

My brother had to say goodbye to his family and go work in the jungle hundreds of times. 

My wife got food poisoning and broke out in terrible hives with no access to medical care. 

We've invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in to cacao harvest only to have customers tell us it was a bad harvest. 

And that is just scratching the surface. 

But two thoughts keep us going.

In our latest episode, we discuss the preparations we're making to open up our first retail chocolate shop....in the middle of a pandemic. 

Enjoy!

Hello and good day!

On our latest episode of the Chocolate Bros podcast, we go deep on the entire chocolate supply chain.

If geeking out on the origins of chocolate and everything that has to happen for chocolate to become a reality is of interest to you, this episode is for you!

We also indulge in quite a bit of silly brother humor. 

Give it a listen and enjoy!

Hello and good day!

On our latest episode of the Chocolate Bros podcast, we go deep on the entire chocolate supply chain.

We go so deep that a one hour show didn't even get us half way through the process. We will finish describing the process on our next installment.

If geeking out on the origins of chocolate and everything that has to happen for chocolate to become a reality is of interest to you, this episode is for you!

I went ahead and set up a Youtube account for these podcasts as well, in case you want to see me and Brian.

Brian, to my mind, resembles Lord Maximus Farquaad from the movie Shrek, small but powerful.

And Brian frequently describes me as a big lunkhead.

This is how brothers show each other love....

Give it a listen and enjoy!

On today's episode, we have a special guest, our friend, customer, and business partner David Anijo. 

After 9/11, David joined the army as a 40 year old man to serve Iraq. He put up with the 18 and 19 year old "young gazelles" calling him pops and Shrek and he even powered through a broken ankle to complete basic training. 

Unfortunately, while on tour in Iraq, David suffered a life altering injury which we talk about in this podcast episode. 

About 9 months ago David responded to one of our emails telling us how much he loved our chocolate and our story and what we stand for. 

A couple months ago David wrote us to offer his services if our company ever needed help managing our growing business. 

Well, we took him up on that offer and he is going to be partnering with us to open up our first retail store in about 3 weeks. 

In this episode, we discuss the lessons we've all learned from traveling overseas and we especially focus on what we've learned during extensive time spent in Peru and Iraq.

On this episode of the chocolate bros podcast, we go deep on why we love chocolate and we remember some special chocolate experiences from over a decade in the business. 

As always, we look at this topic from a non-fancy, everyman's point of view. And as always, we focus on deliciousness. Enjoy!

In our latest episode of the chocolate bros podcast, we discuss 6 things we like and dislike about Peru and the good old US of A. 

This episode is funny, thought provoking and scintillating as always!

Enjoy!