Club News
The monthly newsletter from the Tasting Club
Issue 1303
Eat chocolate
win prizes New research suggests the more chocolate you eat the more likely you are to win a Nobel Prize. More on page 6
Hot Topic Chilli and chocolate… some love it and others, well, not so much. Tell us where you stand on this hot topic. See page 13
Ghana Appeal Cuthbert Monroque urged his tree on to a great victory!
Cocoa Race results!
the Great
This month we’ve been mainly counting pods… which means that we can reveal the winner of the Great Rabot Estate Cocoa Race!
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This has been our largest scale competition ever, having been launched in January 2012 and running for the entire year. The idea was that we presented details of five different cocoa trees situated on the on Rabot Estate in Saint Lucia – each of which has been adopted by a member of the estate staff. We revealed more about those trees and the members of the Cocoa Team assigned to ‘mentor’ them. And finally, armed with that information, members continued on page 8... entered the competition by choosing the tree...
Target:
£45,000 If you would like to contribute to the Appeal to fund the Osuben Medical Clinic (CHPS) please send a cheque for whatever amount you can give made payable to:
Current Amount:
£16,019
The Cocoa Farmers’ Fund, and send to: CTC Ghana Appeal, FREEPOST ANG10659, Royston, SG8 5YD.