He makahiki ʻoi aku koʻu kākau ʻana e pili ana i ke kokoleka a ʻo kēia kaʻu mea i aʻo ai:

1. Ua piha ka honua kokoleka i nā poʻe uʻi, akā hiki ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka honua o ke ʻano (kahi aʻu i hana ai no nā makahiki he ʻumi).Ua hoʻohana au i hoʻokahi pule i ka kipa ʻana i nā chocolatiers a me nā mea hana, a ʻo ka ʻaoʻao e pili ana i nā mea hoʻokūkū he mea kupanaha ia: 'Ae ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike i kahi e hele mai ai kā lākou kokoleka.''Maikaʻi maoli ia ma mua, akā kūʻai lākou.'

2. ʻOiai he hoʻolauna koʻikoʻi ka nui o ka koko o ke kokoleka, ʻo nā kumu like ʻole he hōʻailona o ka ʻono, e like me kahi a me pehea i ulu ai ka pī (ka terroir, e like me nā hua waina a me ka waina) a me ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻia ʻana ma hope - nā mea e like me ka fermentation (ʻae, he meaʻai fermented ke kokoleka!), ka ʻala ʻana, ka ʻelemakule.No laila, he naʻauao ka ʻike ʻana i kāu pī.

3. Ke inaina nei au i ka 100% koko ke ole ia mai Firetree (£7, 65g), 'o ia hoʻi, e olelo aku i ka chocolatier kiʻekiʻe, 'O ka meaʻai wale 100%.'

4. ʻO kaʻu makemake loa he waiu ʻeleʻele ma kahi o 55%, ʻaʻole he 70% a ʻoi aku paha.Inā he kanaka ʻino wau, pēlā nō.

5. Inā he waiu ʻoi aku ka momona, ʻoi aku ka maʻemaʻe a me ka ʻeleʻele ma mua o ka Original Beans '55% Femmes de Virunga (70g, £4, nā pīni mai Congo) ʻaʻole au i loaʻa.ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā manaʻo ʻoe he maikaʻi ʻo Galaxy e like me ka mea e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka puʻuwai i ka ʻai ʻana i kēia.

6. Hiki iā ʻoe ke noho me 50 mau pahu kokoleka ma kāu keʻena a ʻaʻole e ʻai iā lākou a pau.Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku kou kaumaha ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia gig.

Ma mua o kou hoʻolaha ʻana, makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe no ke komo ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa – hauʻoli mākou i kou koho ʻana e komo a mahalo mākou i kou mau manaʻo a me kou ʻike.