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Jorge reports from Guatemala and writes that in some sectors on Finca Virginia is too much shade for the cocoa trees.

Today Marsha and Christoph are making chocolate again.

Since Marsha and Christoph are planning not only to sell the raw cocoa, but also to produce chocolate themselves in collaboration with Martin Stiegler, we need additional equipment.

Today we got mail from Brandenburg.

Today is Sunday and Marsha and Christoph make a 2-hours tour in the surroundings of Cadolzburg.

This day starts very snug and delicious with a crunchy muesli with yoghurt, fruit and cocoa nibs.

Once again post from Berlin: Holger has produced the first chocolate from the cocoa, which we delivered to Berlin.

Today it is time again to experiment in Kuhn's kitchen.

A great day joins the next one - Marsha and Christoph are going to Berlin.

Again a great day (of which there have already been some ...)

Mrs. Dammann from the company Vollers sends us today the result of the bean analysis.

Marsha and Christoph leave at 5:00 a.m. from Cadolzburg to be in the port of Hamburg at the latest at 13:00.

Today the original documents arrived at Marshas and Christophs home in Germany.

It is necessary to have the original so-called "Bill of Lading" (BL), so we or better the company Vollers can take over the container in the port of Hamburg.

Marsha and Christoph have inserted the cocoa nibs, which they have dried on 26th of June 2017, into a chocolate.

The hot phase of our import & export business begins: Finally the cocoa is loaded into a container.

Further experiments take place in Kuhn's kitchen.

Marsha and Christoph have a new company vehicle, a Nissan Pathfinder.

Today, the news from Guatemala reaches us that the departure on June 24th 2017 does not work either.

Today starts the Baltic Sea Circle Rallye in Hamburg. In 16 days 7,500 km through 10 countries around the Baltic Sea.

We plan to ship the cocoa for 17.06.2017.

The kakaonibs, which lay 6 weeks in the alcohol, of course want to be also further processed.

Again a chocolate test production in the domestic kitchen of the Kuhn family. This time Marsha and Christoph produce a chocolate with hazelnuts from Gonnersdorf.

Surprising post from Berlin: Holger in't Veld has sent us a tasting of the chocolates from Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Once a week, the bags in the warehouse are checked for the condition of the cocoa and reversed. And Yvonne is an exceptionally gifted and inventive craftswoman.

Post from Switzerland: Felchlin has sent us six 80 gr plates of cocoa mass, with three different roasting profiles.

Another step towards organic cultivation of our cocoa.

New photos of the construction site at the embankment.

Next marketing project: We want to use our Opel Corsa as advertising space and beautify it at the same time.

Today we had a long phone call with Felchlin. They confirmed us once again how well the cocoa beans were received at their examiners.

Today is marketing day - we craft a little on the topic "business cards" and buy the domains Kakaofino.com and kakao-fino.com

Today, another customer visit is being held: Marsha and Christoph are going to Munich for Michael Beck.

Today is a great day: Marsha and Christoph make their first chocolate - quite rudimentary. The roasted beans are ground in a hand mill, which is normally used to grind malt.

Today's harvest at the finca "Virginia" looks very promising - 2,184 pods!

Today our men killed a Barba Amarilla (Terciopelo Lanceter). Colleague Elmer was already bitten by a barba and was then hospitalized for 4 months.

Intensive customer research in Germany - intensive tree nurturing in Guatemala.

Marsha and Christoph are at their third customer visit, at the Lagerhaus an der Lauter in Gomadingen-Dapfen on the Swabian Alb.

News from Jorge from Guatemala regarding the state of fermentation and drying.

Second customer visit at Chocolate Manufactory Schell in Gundelsheim / Rhineland Palatinate. Mr. Schell is also very enthusiastic about our cocoa and the story we have to tell.

First visit to recover new customers for our cocoa at Confectionery Storath in Scheßlitz-Stübig close to Bamberg.