Episode 4 - Competition

In this episode we talk about Brian's coffee competition coming up, and what it may look like for a similar thing to exist in chocolate or what prevents that.

 

Episode Highlights

  • (0:25) What specialty coffee events does Brian attend?

  • (4:45) Can coffee tasting competitions serve as a guide for chocolate tasting events?

  • (7:03) How do ethnic food traditions enhance the ability to taste chocolate and appreciate its nuances.

  • (14:00) Why and how does Sunita incorporate a defective chocolate bar into her blind tastings?

  • (17:00) How can makers experiment with differing percentages of the same cacao?

  • (21:15) Sunita and Brian discuss efforts by chocolate makers and organizations to have blind chocolate making competitions using the same cacao.

  • (26:08) How can chocolate awards encourage entrants to make and submit the best chocolate?

  • (36:00) Sunita discusses designing a retail experience at the Chocolate Garage that aligns with her values.

  • (41:45) Brian discusses his upcoming coffee competition.  

Favorite Quotations

  • Sunita: “I look forward to a day where it is agreed upon and folks in the [craft chocolate] industry understand that there are objective flaws.”

  • Brian (paraphrasing @ScottDFW): “A lot of times you think about greatness in terms of flavor or lots of it or more so about what something does have instead of what something doesn’t have.”

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