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DESCRIPTION:Tickets are $12; reserve yours on Brown Paper Tickets.\n\nJoin us for a 
 workshop and tasting with Rebecca Roebber, an affiliate of the Kallari 
 Cooperative. Rebecca, a student at the University of Oregon, has spent time 
 working with a group of Quichua people from Ecuador's Amazonian rainforest 
 who, with the help of volunteers, have created their own chocolate, known 
 as Kallari bars (pronounced kai-YAH-ri). What makes Kallari chocolate 
 unusual (or really, revolutionary) is that the cooperative both grows the 
 cacao beans and produces the finished chocolate bar. That means they keep 
 100% of the profits from chocolate sales and are able to reinvest 
 substantially more money in their community. The New York Times caught word 
 of Kallari last November; read about it here.\n\nRebecca will talk about 
 cacao growing, artisan chocolate production and the global chocolate 
 industry. He will then lead a tasting of dark chocolates from around the 
 world in order to give participants a sense of how each step in the 
 production process affects the final flavor of a bar of chocolate.\n\nThis 
 workshop is taking place at the Sunny Side Cafe, a fantastic local 
 restaurant that serves a low carbon emissions breakfast and lunch menu. 
 Tickets to the workshop are $12, the entirety of which goes to 
 Kallari.\n\n*Note: This workshop was originally going to be led by Enrique 
 Cerda, a 23 year-old Ecuadorian chocolate maker and member of Kallari. 
 Unfortunately, he was robbed of his passport on his way to the airport for 
 this trip, and visa troubles at the U.S. embassy in Quito, Ecuador have 
 prevented him from traveling to the U.S. Rebecca, a translator who has 
 spent time working with Kallari in Ecuador, will be leading the workshop in 
 his place.\n\nhttp://www.slowfoodberkeley.com\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/24/18581760.php
SUMMARY:Chocolate Tasting with the Kallari Cooperative
LOCATION:Sunny Side Cafe\n1499 Solano Ave.\nAlbany, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/24/18581760.php
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