Chocola-to Chocolate Experience and Tasting Event Exhibitors

There are many things to know about chocolate.

CHOCOLATO is also about educating while having fun! Join us in our designated Cacao Pod zone where we experience, discuss and discover a few topics that will peak the interest of our Chocophile audience. Note that today's events are all included in the ticket price!

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O E V E N T I N F O

Chocolate & Tea Pairing • 11:30 am - 12:15 pm

Enjoy a introduction to Chinese tea from Edward Qu, the Founder of Similar Minds. He is a tea sommelier, oenologist, and educator known for bridging the worlds of tea and wine. Through @similar.minds.tasting, he curates sensory-driven experiences that explore cultural depth and connection. In this workshop, Ed will pair his tea selections with bean to bar Antidote Chocolate from Ecuador. Learn about the unique qualities of tea and how to unwind and savour these two fermented foods in synergized harmony.

O T H E C A C A O P O D

Full Event Hours 11am-5pm

THE CACAO POD & SCHEDULED PROGRAM

Saturday November 15, 2025

Fine Chocolate 101 - The Good, the Bad and
the Yummy • 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

Don't know much about chocolate and how to differentiate between the various qualitites? No problem! We have you "chocolate covered" with Colombian-born and Canadian-raised Mary Luz Mejia, Level III IICCT Certified Chocolate Taster, who will take us through a tasting of three separate chocolates. She will explain how each are produced, why different chocolates have price points, and what to look for when making a fine chocolate purchase.