So hereโs the thing. Sometimes we here at Sprudge know about an event and hold off on writing about it until closer to go-time to kinda get that last minute push. Then sometimes those events sell out anyway and weโre just like, โwhat do we do now?โ Then sometimes those stories are about chocolate and then all we can do is start thinking about how itโs Friday and we deserve some chocolate dammit because itโs been a long week and we have been really good and screw it weโre going to have some chocolate. Well, hereโs your chocolate.
In what sounds like it would have been an amazing event to attend were it not sold out, Royal Coffee is partnering with the Fine Cacao & Chocolate Institute (FCCI) to host the Cacao + Coffee Roasting Summit this Sunday at the Pulley Collective in Oakland.
The Summit is intended as a forum for cacao-chocolate and coffee professionals to exchange roasting knowledge. There will be coffee and chocolate tastings, with a โfocus on flavor changes caused by roasting, and discuss in detail the significance of raw material composition and heat application techniques during the roasting process.โ
Sounds great. I canโt be there because itโs sold out so instead I made a sandwich out of a bar of Terroirโs 53% cacao Colombia and a bar of Ritual Chocolateโs 60% cacao made with Novoโs Ethiopia Anyetsu and I plan on eating the whole thing right now so Iโm fine. Iโm doing fine.
Instructors for the Cacao + Coffee Roasting Summit include Jen Apodaca of Royal Coffee, Adam Dick of Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate, Carla D. Martin of FCCI, Joshย Rosen of Charm School Chocolate, and Anthony Rue of Volta Coffee, Tea, & Chocolate.
For more information on all the fun everyone is going to be having but you, visitย the Cacao + Coffee Roasting Summit‘s event page. And then drown your sorrows in a nice glass of drinking chocolate. I’ve opted for a slightly chilled 16-ounce squeeze bottle of Hershey’s Special Dark chocolate syrup. It has a lovely bouquet and makes that delightful farting sound when you squeeze it but you already drank all 16 ounces so there’s nothing left in the bottle but air and sadness and fart sounds.
Zac Cadwaladerย is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.ย Read more Zac Cadwaladerย on Sprudge.
*top image via Royal Coffee