Become A Chocolate Expert | Chocolate Master Class

Everything you never knew about chocolate

What you'll learn
Everything you didn't know there was to know about chocolate - from its fascinating history, through to ethics, bean to bar production, single estate v single origin - and of course how to taste.
Requirements
Have a love for chocolate, and preferably some dark and milk chocolate with you.
Description
Do you love chocolate? Do you know much about chocolate? For many of us chocolate is something we grew up with and as an adult, a sweet treat you buy from the supermarket with not much thought. Yet there is a rich and fascinating history behind chocolate. In this course, I use my chocolate expert knowledge to:Take you all the way back to Olmec and Aztec times where the human love of cocoa was well known - long before it reached Europe.I'll then talk about how it was a secret of the Spanish before it fuelled the height's of London debauchery in the 1650's.More than just history you'll become your very own chocolate expert, with all the information you need to find the world's best chocolate.I will then teach you to how to truly experience chocolate when you eat it - in same way a wine connoisseur appreciates wine (just not spitting it out!).What you needHave some milk and dark chocolate on-hand for the final chapters of your course where you will taste with me. In an ideal world you want to have some great quality chocolate. I have included the brands I will be tasting in the chapter notes. If you're in Australia you can buy these from my online store, Fiamma Chocolate and we will deliver to your door.If you're not in Australia, you can source these or similar from where you live (Google is your friend).Warning: supermarket chocolate is easy to access but never great quality, and it won't have much flavour profile. If you can, do buy some better quality chocolate - but if that's not possible don't worry. Just use what you can get - this is meant to be fun and indulgent after all!Our Chocolate Tasting Wheel. We will provide this as a resource of the How to Taste chapter and you can print it, or just use online.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Where does the world's best chocolate come from?

Lecture 2 02 What is the world's best chocolate?

Section 3: Why does ethical chocolate matter?

Lecture 3 03 Ethical Chocolate

Section 4: The history of chocolate | from the Olmecs to the Aztecs

Lecture 4 The history of chocolate - from the Olmecs to the Aztecs

Section 5: The history of chocolate - enter Europe

Lecture 5 The history of chocolate - enter Europe

Section 6: Single Origin v Single Estate Chocolate

Lecture 6 Single Origin v Single Estate Chocolate

Section 7: A Sensory Experience - How to Taste

Lecture 7 A Sensory Experience - How to Taste

Section 8: Taste With Me - Dark Chocolate

Lecture 8 It Starts With a Bean | Bean to Bar Processing

Section 9: Taste With Me | Dark Chocolate

Lecture 9 Taste With Me | Dark Chocolate

Section 10: Taste With Me | Milk Chocolate

Lecture 10 Taste With Me | Milk Chocolate

Section 11: It's a Wrap

Lecture 11 It's a Wrap

Anyone with a love of chocolate and curiousity to learn more.