TheChocolateLife

05/29/2026

OVERVIEW: Episode 205 of deconstructs and debunks the final instalment of Kilpatrick’s fearmongering series demonizing lab-crown cocoa and gene-edited cacao trees. Brandolini and Cervantes would be proud?

One point I made in the previous episode is that Kilpatrick has a large and engaged following on social media, with over one million followers on Instagram and nearly 500k followers on TikTok: He has an audience of followers who not only watch, but also engage through liking, sharing, and commenting.

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What Kilpatrick can “achieve” in a series of four, under two-minute shorts published on multiple platforms takes exponentially more effort to combat effectively on a much smaller platform like TheChocolateLife, which fact is eloquently stated in Brandolini’s Law:

The amount of energy needed to refute misinformation is significantly greater than the effort required to create and spread it.

While this effort may be me tilting at windmills (again h/t M. Ceravantes), it’s a campaign I am happy to lead. Is anyone else pushing back? Bueller? Bueller?

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05/25/2026

Join me in Episode 204 of , in which I take a close look at why and how chocolate lags decades behind coffee when it comes to making chocolate at home.

Is it what you think it is? Do you have your own ideas? Watch and share!

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05/19/2026

OVERVIEW: Episode 202 of takes pause to catch everyone up on the recent updates on the formation announcements of the UK Cocoa Coalition and Together Cocoa. What, you say, there have been updates?

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Team TCL Guru Members
• Amore di Mona
• CHOCOA 2026
• Cocoa Supply
• Diamond Custom Machines
• HomeChocolat
• Salon du Chocolat NYC 2026
• Bryan Guerra
• Eric Durtschi
• Brent Evans
• Amanda Ormerod
• Rachael Fuller
• Christian Becker
• Kurt Simmons
• Anthony Artuso
• Lina Stavreva

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05/18/2026

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05/13/2026

I am playing around with ideas for the featured image for the next episode of , which is a deep dive into the 2026 (7th Edition) of the Chocolate Scorecard. This is one element I am considering using.

What do you think?

05/12/2026

OVERVIEW: Episode 200 of features chocolate and cocoa news fit to eat, as well as the monthly live AMA (Ask Me Anything about chocolate or cocoa) for May 2026.

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Team TCL Guru Members
• Amore di Mona
• CHOCOA 2026
• Cocoa Supply
• Diamond Custom Machines
• HomeChocolat
• Salon du Chocolat NYC 2026
• Bryan Guerra
• Eric Durtschi
• Amanda Ormerod
• Rachael Fuller
• Christian Becker
• Kurt Simmons
• Anthony Artuso
• Brent Evans
• Lina Stavreva

Thanks also to all my Premium-Tier Champion, Leader, and Member supporters, as well as our Free members, too numerous to mention individually.