On Friday, April 27th, Jama Cocoa had a spot at the Johns Hopkins Business Plan Competition held in Hodson Hall. Considering we earned a spot in the competition on Wednesday after one team dropped out of the final round, I am incredibly proud of how well we performed with less than 48 hours to prepare [...]
Here at Jama Cocoa, I spend my off-time very wisely. Who needs to study, anyway? Instead, I spend much of my time scouring the Internet for important content that will be useful for blogs such as this one. That’s more important than finishing my undergrad degree anyway, right? Well, I thought that my work was [...]
This is seriously unreal. Yesterday, a United Kingdom-based company called Choc Edge released a chocolate printer. That’s right: a chocolate printer. The chocolate printer, though it takes quite a bit of time to work, can be connected to your computer via a usb cord. Once the printer is connected, the possibilities are endless. Using different [...]
You’re eating a bar of chocolate. You finish the first half with gusto, excited to have acquired the tasty treat. However, after this first half, you realize that your supply is limited, so you carefully nibble away at the remainder. Still, you inevitably are left with a piece of chocolate equating to roughly one bite-size. [...]
The Parker Brothers game has probably entertained us for entire weeks. Families, friends, and prison inmates alike can all share in the joy of Monopoly by competing in a fake real estate market with one another. However, did you know that a monopoly is actually a company’s exclusive control over a market or industry? Now, [...]
No, I’m not talking about a malicious Hershey’s Kiss with a dead eye, nor am I describing a poisoned Kit Kat bar (though we must always be wary): Instead, I want to bring to your attention a serious threat facing the bearers of life for chocolate products. Witches’ Broom, a disease which paves the way [...]
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s no surprise what most guys out there are thinking about buying: chocolate and flowers. Now, since I’m sure I hope my lovely lady is reading this post, I’ve just given away the lynchpin of my romantic strategy. Still, while my chocolate gift may no longer be a surprise, statistics [...]
As evidenced by our last post, you don’t have to eat chocolate; rather, you can play with it! Well, some artists have found a happy medium between playtime and dinnertime (hey, true chocolate lovers don’t wait ’til dessert): chocolate sculptures. Though it’s half a decade ago, back in 2006, pastry chef Alain Roby spawned replicas [...]
A report out of my quite possibly new favorite country describes a new type of chocolate: flexible. According to an article from The Sun, Stephen Lennie of Belfast, UK, has invented a pliable form of chocolate that does not melt in mid-high temperatures. Lennie, an engineer, says he created the chocolate for his children’s enjoyment; [...]
Today had its ups and downs for chocolate lovers. When someone tells you, “I have some good news and some bad news,” you’d rather get the bad news out of the way first, right? That way, you get to finish the conversation on a positive note. Well, here’s the bad news: the world might be [...]
