Online Chocolate Tastings via Video Conference

Travel with chocolate: Around the world

I, Andrea Thurner, Certified Chocolate Taster and founder of “the small batch project”, take you on a virtual chocolate journey. Together we taste dark, handcrafted chocolate from all over the world. In each country we learn something about small artisanal chocolate manufacturers, the culture and history that this country associates with chocolate, as well as a lot of interesting facts about the complex taste of high-quality, fine flavored cocoa with a large variety of its taste.

Each participant will receive a parcel in the mail with about one to two weeks before the event. Our do-it-yourself chocolate tasting set, adjusted for your event. This will then be opened at the event (important: do not eat beforehand - you don't like spoiler alerts, don't you?).

This event is ideal as a team event for companies or for clubs, friends and families who are looking for activities suitable for corona, such as activities during virtual birthday parties.

Options for online chocolate tasting events

You can choose between two approaches. A more technical approach, following the International Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Tasting (IICCT), or our creative tasting by using the colorful aroma map «Taste With Colour».

Chocolate tasting with IICCT

Immerse yourself in the world of your senses! We taste a selection of award-winning bean to bar chocolates with cocoa from different areas of origin and chocolate crafting processes and, with the help of an aroma map, learn to recognize taste notes like a gourmand. With a little practice, you can find more than 100 flavor notes in your chocolate.

Chocolate Tasting with «Taste With Colour»®

Organizational details

Language: German or English (upon request also in Spanish).

Video Conference: We support this event via Zoom, Microsoft Teams oder Google Meets. For company events we recommend to have this setup by the company itself and we join based on their setup. This guarantees that technology will not be in the way to participate.

Length of the event: Recommended is 1h - 1:15h.

International participants: We need about 3-4 weeks after full confirmation of the event to ensure the packages are received by everyone. So far, we have experience with international, distributed teams in Europe, the USA and also selectively with team members from India.

Costs

The costs are calculated individually depending on your wishes, special requests and the actual value of the chocolate bars selected. The list below is a guide so you have a rough understanding already before discussing details.

If the online tasting has participants in Switzerland only, the price range is between CHF 35 - CHF 80. It depends on the choosen method, the number of chocolate samples or complete chocolate bars and an optional gift for remembering the event.

The total price of about 35 - 80 CHF contains the following:

• Costs for the event: 25 - 35 CHF per participant.
• Chocolate (complete chocolate bars): Value of chocolate (prices following our online shop).
• Chocolate samples for the event: CHF 15 per person for 5 chocolate samples and samples of 2 different varieties of pre-roasted, raw cocoa beans.
• "Taste with Colour" map and watercolor set: CHF 20 per person.
• Gift or gift card: Optional craft chocolate bars for the time after the event or simply to say thank you to the participants, or a gift card from our online shop. Both following the list price from our online shop.

Book your private event online

Write us with your details, the number of participants, the preferred date(s), individual wishes and budget. With a few emails and a phone conversation, we will quickly find the right option for your private and personal event.