Description: Pashmina Lalchandani is a craft chocolate advocate, internet marketer, CEO and co-founder of Bar & Cocoa (formerly Choco Rush), a fine chocolate subscription service mailed monthly to homes across the United States and international destinations. The Bar & Cocoa online site is home to numerous fine chocolate brands from around the world.
Podcast RSSThemes discussed in this episode:
- Why she set out to create this e-commerce chocolate business model
- Her outlook on the state of the craft chocolate scene now, and what manufacturing inventions will grow the industry
- Cacao varieties for package labeling and chocolate transparency
- Appellations rather than the concept of terroir
Pashmina's 'To the Cosmos' Picks:
Potomac Chocolate - 85% Upala, Costa Rica from Finca La Amistad
Ritual Chocolate Balao, Ecuador
Map Chocolate, 'Chop Wood, Carry Water'; 73% Madagascar with cardamom & honeycomb
Pashmina (on the left) in Costa Rica
Fact checking:
- Pizzaiolos & Naples' 'Vera Pizza' guild/program that authenticates pizza makers processes and product
- Rogue Chocolatier regarding starting his business after Scharffen Berger's acquisition
- Dandelion Chocolate's reference to Scharffen Berger's move East
- On on the topic of cacao strains; the most recent efforts and varieties from Camino Verde in Duran, Ecuador are listed via Meridian Cacao website
Where to find Pashmina and Bar & Cocoa (formerly Choco Rush when this interview took place) :
Website: Bar & Cocoa
Twitter: Bar & Cocoa
Facebook: Bar & Cocoa
Instagram: Bar & Cocoa
Where to find Lauren, host of Well Tempered and chocolate maker at WKND Chocolate:
@wkndchocolate via Twitter
New podcasts, Conversations in Cocoa at laurenonthewknd.substack.com