On this episode we talk about the creepy and crawly critters that live out in the Peruvian jungle. 

We talk about what its like visiting 60 cacao farms in a day. 

And finally we get into discussing the 50 foot tall rice husking mountain that caught fire behind our 3rd facility. 

Enjoy!

On this episode we talk about the difference between American dogs and Peruvian dogs...spoiler alert, Peruvian dogs are way more wild and aggressive. 

We also do a deep dive on cacao fermentation and processing. 

As per usual, we discuss how much hard work is required to bring chocolate into the world. 

This is a funny and interesting episode. 

Give it a listen!

In this episode of the Chocolate Bros podcast, we get into why we decided to move our to a whole different city in the jungle for our third processing facility. 

We hear about Brian's run in with local hoodlums, the local mafia, and how he went into the heart of gangland to stop the assaults. 

Our third facility was built in the city of Huarango, in the district of Haurango, in the province of San Ignacio, in northern Peru. 

As always, you will hear about risk taking and adventure and entrepreneurship. 

Enjoy!

Back in the day when my brother built our first cacao processing facility in Peru, we had no idea what we were doing.

And I mean no idea whatsoever.

It was so long that I had forgotten about some pretty interesting stories from those times.

Our first facility was built on the site of a government germplasm bank.

Our second facility was built in an abandoned parking lot.

Next to the abandoned parking lot was an all concrete building that my brother Brian and my brother in law Miguel rented and lived in together.

These two grown men stayed in bunk beds, cooked their meals outdoors over a propane camping stove, and used a bathroom that had about 20 frogs living in it.

They did all of this on faith that they would figure out how to process cacao correctly and that there would be a market for it.

Thankfully it paid off!

To hear a bunch of interesting stories about those times, check out our latest episode of the Chocolate Bros Podcast.

On this episode we explain why being environmentalists is important to our business and why it also fits in well with a capitalist point of view. 

We also talk about a long running beef that Brian had with a turkey who belonged to an upstairs neighbor. 

Adam talks about the time he refused to pee on his wife's arm even though a man in the jungle said he should. 

Finally, we work on a new company jingle. 

Enjoy!

Adam