Episodes 

For this episode we're in the Dominican Republic analyzing a cacao farm. This style of cacao farming is not only typical to the Dominican, but in many cacao growing regions. Pruning cacao trees fro...

Dylan and Greg discuss how the Dominican Republic has succeeded in becoming a successful producer of cacao, highlighting their Hispaniola vs Sanchez model of grading beans. 

For this episode we're in the Dominican Republic at Zorzal Cacao's fermentorium. Zorzal's owner and founder walks us through how they approach fermentation.

For this episode we're tasting the fruit from four different cacao pods. Here at the Zorzal Cacao Farm in the lush mountains of the Dominican Republic, they grow twelve varietals of cacao, each con...

In this episode we discuss the concept of aging cacao and chocolate. Dylan shares his opinion and Manoa Chocolate's take on this process.

In today's season 5 finale we take a deep dive into what cacao nibs are and how we make them at Manoa Chocolate.

In today’s episode we’re at Kamananui Estate, our new cacao farm on the North Shore of O’ahu. Dylan walks us through the layout of the farm as we are just beginning to plant trees in the ground

In this episode we look at the 7 #cacao origins that we currently source from. We analyze their flavor and discuss the reasons we chose to source them. At the end Dylan takes us into the past with ...

This episode Dylan does an overview of the cost of cacao. We look at different types of cacao ranging from the commodity price of $2.26 a kilo, to $10 a kilo and Hawaiian cacao at over $20 a kilo. ...

For this episode we’re at Manoa Chocolate’s cacao farm; Kamananui Estate. This 55 acre orchard in Waialua, on Oahu’s North Shore, will have 25 acres planted in cacao. Dylan discusses the vision for...

In episode 31 we develop roast profiles. A roast profile is the unique roasting protocol we use for each batch of cacao - time and temperature are altered to enhance the inherent flavor characteris...

We're on the #CacaoFarm today for episode 23. Dylan prunes a #CacaoTree and explains some of the most basic components of pruning for optimal harvest. If you'd like to learn more about the farming ...