58. Voyage to Amsterdam

Send us Fan MailTom (I) went to Amsterdam on February 19th to attend the CHOCOA Conference.  I spent three days there, sold chocolate bars, speculoos, chocolate-coated crystallized cocoa beans, and other items.  I also gave out 200 tasting cards with samples of three chocolates and asked the participants to indicate their preferences.  It was a blind tasting and the results showed that cocoa farmers can produce a quality of chocolate competitive with the Big Boys.In this podcast, I also describe the five factors that cause price volatility.  Only three months ago, cocoa was trading at close to $12,000 per metric ton.  In February, it plunged to $2,300.Please join PH&F in its efforts to empower the West African cocoa farmer!Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org