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the somewhat rustic raw chocolate bars we made

some of the somewhat rustic raw chocolate bars made at the workshop

Raw chocolate is a really nice thing to eat. Loving Earth raw chocolate is my favourite chocolate, so I was really excited to find out about the chocolate workshop at the Loving Earth factory, organised by the Melbourne Raw Food Meetup Group.

Entering the door, we were met by Christian who was handing out his special recipe hot chocolate - which I might add was pretty nice, especially because it had no milk in it of any kind, just cacao, agave and superfood powders.

Scott, the founder of Loving Earth, talked about cacao, and where he sources his cacao from. He works directly with growers, and all his cacao is a heritage variety, organic and fair trade. It was kinda cool to see photos of the plantations and videos of some of the growers, as well as the process of creating the raw ingredients for chocolate. For instance, I had no idea that cacao powder has had the butter (or fat) extracted from it before being powdered. I just assumed that it was ground up cacao beans.

After the talk it was chocolate making time. During the talk bars of chocolate had been handed around, and adding that to Christians’ hot chocolate, we were all feeling pretty good right about that point.

When I got home that night, I have to admit I was spinning a bit. Yes, you can eat too much chocolate! So boys and girls, the moral of this story is to eat your raw chocolate in moderation. But only if you’re able.