Videos

Join Anne as she explains pairing flavors and similar chemical compenents (flavor and aroma) that are used in pairing. She tells how she learned to match foods that don’t “normally” go together. Check out “Savor Your Chocolate” for unique recipes that incorporate chocolate into your every day recipes.

Learn how Anne from KonaCao learned about the cultivation of chocolate and how she was inspired to continue learning about it and educating others on how to integrate it into our every day cooking.

Anne from KonaCao discusses the importance of knowing the difference in sustainable and ethically produced cacao and how we need to be more responsible consumers.

Anne shows us her flavor table of classifications from her book “Savor Your Chocolate” and explains various flavor complexities with chocolate and how she can differentiate cacao by regions, fermentation, off-flavors, etc.

KonaCao’s Anne Van Leyneseele explains how terrior impacts the characteristics of the cacao plant. Terrior includes types of soil, water quality and climate. She explains how cacao has 800-1200 flavor and aroma components! It’s one of the most complex foods that we consume.

Anne Van Leyneseele from KonaCao talks a little about her time in Paris, France for the chocolate competition and what she learned abroad.

The owner of KonaCao, Anne, talks about how stressed trees yield a different product and by having unstressed, healthy plants, it will give you more of a higher quality product and also how she was able to enter into a global chocolate competition!

Anne from KonaCao talks about seeing the difference with the cacao pods after years of neglect.

Anne from KonaCao discusses rehabing the farm and bringing it back to life, and the challenges she faced planting on lava rock.

Anne from KonaCao tells us a little about her journey of fixing up her farm along with the help of her family and with which crops she started with.

Join Anne Van Leyneseele as she talks about how she got into farming chocolate. The owner of Pa’ani Farms in Mountain View, HI, this is her story about how she ‘bought the farm’ that continues to fuel her chocolate production journey.

Anne from KonaCao describes her process of how to make cacao bitters to be used in cocktails and mocktails. Cacao bitters are a great way to add depth of flavor into recipes. Check out more recipes in her book “Savor Your Chocolate.”

Anne from KonaCao goes into more depth talking about how to maximize the flavor of chocolate by using the right delivery method. The three delivery methods include water, oil/fat, and alcohol. She goes into more detail in her book “Savor Your Chocolate.”

KonaCao’s owner, Anne Van Leyneseele, gives a quick explanation on 3 ways to integrate chocolate into your every day cooking and the best delivery methods of each.

Join Anne from KonaCao and explore new ways to incorporate chocolate into your daily recipes and discover how to pair it for a delicious culinary experience. Anne details these pairings in her book “Savor Your Chocolate.”

Meet Anne Van Lyneseele, author of ‘Savor Your Chocolate.’ Owner of Pa’ani Farms, a cocoa plantation in Mountain View, HI, Ann is the preeminent expert on the production and usage of chocolate beyond the established sweet expectation.