Chocolate Guild

Welcome to the Colorado Chocolate Appreciation Society!

My name is Mark Burrows, my entire goal is to bring together people who love chocolate in all its forms as much as I do. I started Pollinator Chocolate in the summer of 2019 and have been at it ever since. I'm also a beekeeper with a masters in beekeeping and teach at CMC a few times a year a beekeeping class. 

My preferences are dark chocolate. 70% is my jam, I'm addicted to to tasting every chocolate out there and I have the saved empty packages to prove it. 

I specialize in fine flavor cacao, which means to say I take beans from a single origin and turn it into the most unique thing you've ever tasted. Bringing the nuance of the bean out to taste is the entire job of the chocolate maker. 

We meet on the third Tuesday of every month at Cocoa Club, 786 Hwy 133 in Carbondale Colorado 5pm-7pm. All are welcome, expect to eat a lot of chocolate. You are always welcome to bring your own chocolates to share and discuss, whether you are a chocolate maker, chocolatier or just someone who appreciates this amazing food.

If you wish to be on the direct mailing list for the club shoot me an email with that request and I'll get you on there. I really hope we can organize a few field trips to other chocolate makers and plan to bring in other chocolate professionals to discuss what they do. mark@pollinatorchocolate.com

Topics are loosely based:

April 15th - Cacao and art

May 20th - The story of African Cacao

June 17th - The day the world stopped drinking chocolate

July 15th - How chocolate is used in cooking

August 19 - The health benefits of cacao

September 16th - The story of Meso-american cacao

October 21st - Raw cacao, is fermentation necessary?

November 18th - Holidays and cacao, treats and recipes

December 16th - Chocolate grading class, how to taste and grade like a pro.