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Building the Cavasa team
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Finding the Right People Is Harder Than It Looks: The Cavasa Team-Building Reality

Building a small food brand requires finding people who can make the product, sell it,...
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Handcrafted Cavasa chocolate dragΓ©es
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'Handcrafted' Is a Legal Term That Means Almost Nothing in India

FSSAI has no formal definition for 'handcrafted' or 'artisanal.' Any manufacturer, at any scale, can...
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Cavasa flavour range – why more flavours don't mean more profit
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More Flavours Don't Mean More Profits: What We've Learned About Range Size

The instinct when building a chocolate brand is to add more β€” more flavours, more...
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Supermarket chocolate aisle versus a deliberate choice
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The Chocolate Aisle Is Designed to Make You Choose Badly

The chocolate aisle in a supermarket is not a neutral display of options. It is...
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Cacao pods – what single-origin chocolate means
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What Single-Origin Actually Means β€” And When It's Marketing Versus Substance

Single-origin is one of the most used β€” and most misused β€” terms in premium...
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70% struck out – what cacao percentage really means
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'70% Cacao' Means Almost Nothing on a Chocolate Label

The percentage on a chocolate label tells you the ratio of cacao-derived ingredients to sugar....
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Cavasa chocolates – why chocolate has a season
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Why Chocolate Has a Season β€” And How We Work Around It

Chocolate demand in India peaks at Diwali and drops in summer. The heat makes shipping...
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India's emerging chocolate culture – Cavasa blog
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India Doesn't Have a Chocolate Culture Yet. That's Actually Exciting.

The pessimistic read on the Indian premium chocolate market is that it's too small, too...
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Cavasa chocolates – eat less, better
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Eat Less, Better: The Case for Slow Consumption in a Snacking Culture

Snacking culture is built on volume, speed, and the next thing. We make chocolate that...
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Cavasa at a food expo
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Why Some Expos Fail β€” And What That Costs a Brand Like Ours

Not every expo is worth doing. We've learned this the hard way β€” through low...
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Indian woman chef in an apron at a clean kitchen counter
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Why a Blank Slate Makes a Better Chocolatier

The conventional wisdom is that experience is always better than inexperience. In our kitchen, we've...
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Mango and chocolate
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Mango: The Most Requested Flavour We Keep Saying No To

Every Indian chocolate customer has asked for it. We've been asked for it at expos,...
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