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Chocolate Bar Storage

Just like coffee beans storage, good chocolate storage give a way longer life to age chocolate bar like fine wines. This post we break down all the details you need to know abou...

Oct 14 · 2 min read
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Chocolate Making with Lemuel Chocolate

Do you know how specialty single origin chocolate is made? Unlike commercial chocolate that filled with nasty chemicals & additives, the making of specialty chocolate is tot...

Apr 08 · 8 min read
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What is Tempered Chocolate?

Tempering is a process of heating the chocolate, cooling it down & agitating molten chocolate to make a shelf-stable chocolate bar 🍫 Let's get into why we temper our chocola...

Mar 08 · 2 min read
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Sweeten Your 100% Dark Drinking Chocolate

Dark chocolate is one of the most nutritious super food with loads of health benefits. But taking it in pure 100% dark chocolate can be too intense for most people, here's some...

Mar 02 · 2 min read
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How To Do Chocolate Tasting

Like coffee tasting, you can also do chocolate tasting with your friends & families! Let's learn how to organise a chocolate tasting event at home.

Feb 24 · 2 min read
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What's Chocolate Made Of

Do you know what chocolate is made of? It’s from the cacao beans! Let's learn more about this magical beans that makes the most delicious treat on the planet 

Jan 06 · 2 min read
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Know the Ingredients of Chocolate

The ingredients of chocolate bar are the main separator between commercial and artisanal bean to bar specialty chocolate makers. Let's learn more about the chocolate ingredients...

Dec 03 · 2 min read
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What Are Dark, Milk & White Chocolate

Chocolate is probably one of the most interesting & diverse treats of all 😍 There are hundreds of types of chocolate from all around the world! This post breaks down the dif...

Nov 07 · 2 min read
Roaster Series

Chocolate Series - Seniman Kakao

Honest chocolate, no nasties 🍫 Started from Artisan Roast with coffee, Nona & team take on chocolate to its purest form. Seniman Kakao is a bean to bar specialty chocolate m...

Feb 28 · 1 min read

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