Haiti is here: tonight's special event at @thevigchicago featured awesome @askanyachocolate of Haiti in every course, starting with fun matcha chocolate popcorn and exquisite triple chocolate baguettes, thanks to the culinary innovation of @chitownrunningchef and the big-heartedness of @ryan_s._marks! 💚 The dinner raised funds for @haitischoolbuildingproject by @serenabufalino, and for additional chocolate-making equipment for #askanyachocolate, while a festive and delicious time was had by all! 💚 (at The VIG Chicago)

Haiti is here: each of 4 newly available award-winning #askanyachocolate cacao harvests tells a unique story, such as the December 27, 2016 cacao shown here: mild, non-bitter, clean, with gently complex notes of earth developing, and a soft burst of intrigue at the finish! #cacaobroker #ethicalchocolate

New cacao available: award-winning #askanyachocolate cacao of Haiti, for chocolate makers and chefs! To celebrate, I put #askanyachocolate and cacao nibs on pecan pie from #thecommoncup! Email or message for samples! #cacaobroker #chocolateonmypie

Morning glory: what do you do with your chocolate? I put #askanyachocolate dark 60%, #vaicacaonibs, and hemp seeds on my grapefruit, and it's a beautiful day! #chocolateandgrapefruit #chocolatesubscriptionbox

Craft chocolate and cacao abundance for an entrepreneurship presentation to international college students, at heavenly #hannahsbretzel, for which I selected #askanyachocolate, #pumpstreetchocolate, and #violetskychocolate! Not shown: the scrumptious sandwiches we ate! ♡♡♡ Swipe: with dear Florian of Hannah's, who spoke marvelously about his entrepreneurial journey and what organizational culture means for his thriving business, flanked by my 2 fabulous Chocolate Uplift interns Michael and Kadisha! ☆☆☆ Swipe again: wave and smile if you love chocolate! Super students from around the world, gathered for business education, inspired by innovation! #bizinus

Look what arrived: lovely #askanyachocolate, made in Haiti from Haiti cacao and wrapped in Haiti art! Voilà the 47% dark milk, 50% dark milk with rapadou sugar, 60% dark, and new 90% dark. 💙 This lovely chocolate has a semi-rustic texture, and complex earthy flavors with some brightness, and comes in 3 sizes. I love the rapadou bar for its burnt sugar aspect! 💚 And, this chocolate has already raised the workers out of poverty - that's uplift through chocolate! 🌱 #chocolatebroker (at Chocolate Uplift)

Diaspora: what an energizing morning speaking to a delegation of incredible business people from 17 African nations plus Haiti, on *Practical Tips for Succeeding in the US Market,* organized by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, World Chicago, and the US Department of State! 🌎 I brought bean-to-bar chocolate representing the African diaspora for everyone to taste: #amanochocolate made in the US from Madagascar cacao, #solsticechocolate made in the US from Uganda cacao, #originalbeans made in Switzerland from Democratic Republic of Congo cacao, and #askanyachocolate made in Haiti from Haiti cacao! All such a hit! 💙 Moreover, one gentleman turned out to be a dear friend of the founder of #CREERAfrica, the Cote d'Ivoire rescue center that helps formerly trafficked kids and to which my business donates a meal for every tour ticket and subscription box sold! Le monde est petit - it's a small world! 🌐 And yes I said some words in French to our mixed francophone - anglophone audience, but I also let the awesome simultaneous translators do their job as people listened through earpieces; it felt like being at the United Nations! :) 💝 A meaningful morning of #upliftthroughchocolate! (at Illinois Chamber of Commerce)

Bread, Wine, Chocolate -- flamenco? Yes! I'm dancing for joy because I think we finally got the first Chocolate Uplift book club video done, thanks to the help of a dear friend who happens to be a professor from Spain! It's a long story, but post production is underway; meanwhile please enjoy this important book if you haven't yet, stay tuned for the video upload, and keep eating real chocolate -- like the wonderful #askanyachocolate I hold in my hand! #breadwinechocolate #biodiversity #chocolatebookclub