Chocolate Arbitrage w/ Oliver Holecek of Primo Botanica

<p>On this week's episode, Oliver does a live-on-Skype chocolate tasting with us - turns out we've been eating chocolate wrong our entire lives! He tells us what the heck a Cacao Ceremony is, and takes us through his incredibly interesting life from working with a shrimp pirate in Belize, working with the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) to learn how to grow and process cacao, to starting a chocolate company of his own in his hometown of Troy, NY. It's a roller coaster of a podcast, and Matt and Kevin get amped up on coffee-infused chocolate washed down with more coffee. Cheers!</p> <p>Check out all of Primo's offerings here: <a href="">primobotanica.com</a><br> Follow Primo on Insta: <a href="">instagram.com/primobotanica</a><br> Oliver's Insta: <a href>instagram.com/oliver.holecek</a></p> <p>05:03 - Volunteering on cacao farms through WWOOF<br> 11:00 - Shrimp pirate named Scarface<br> 35:00 - Beginning of chocolate tasting<br> 41:11 - Chocolate production<br> 52:50 - Mexican Hot Chocolate<br> 1:00:00 - Tasting Coffee vs. Tasting Chocolate</p> <p><a href="">Go buy coffee from Iron Coffee: </a><a href="">https://www.ironcoffeecompany.com</a></p> <p>Kevin's Jam: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2hSmn7TSh7erJZw8IcmNsA?si=ESL3mcOCShasEKeQ6wmLYw">Firsthand Accounts by Johnny Booth</a><br> Matt's Jam: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7c2Xfq7aQKzs0KdSI3K7Rc?si=L0rCeQY3R-eDxmaES9HZcw">Sex &amp; Food by Unknown Mortal Orchestra</a>; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1Nssa1EhZRP1GaL99wse9a?si=gKP_dBwpRDCp6_qQDgV8uw">Belleville by Pandrezz</a><br> Oliver's Jam: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7w29UYBi0qsHi5RTcv3lmA?si=HHcNSc77QWeCpTf9FKaH_g">Björk</a></p> <p>Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to know about our new "Highlight Roasts": <a href="">https://www.upstatecoffeecollective.com</a></p> <p>Our favorite coffee gear:<br> Aeropress: <a href="">https://amzn.to/2vKNzSC</a><br> Fellow Stagg EKG: <a href="">https://amzn.to/39hEC0G</a><br> Baratza Encore: <a href="">https