BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22054@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Hot Chocolate DTSTAMP:20260509T035705Z DTSTART:20260521T173000Z DTEND:20260521T190000Z DESCRIPTION:One of the biggest mysteries of fermentation is the flavour of cocoa. The\nordinary chocolate that we are used to\, from chocolate cigare ttes and easter\nbunnies to high quality supermarket chocolate\, has been burnt on high\ntemperatures and therefore lost some of its best flavours.\ n\n\nTICKETS [https://mediamatic.stager.co/shop/default/events/111647506]\ n\nFor this Aromatheque edition\, María Salvadora Jiménez\, will show us t he special\ntechniques that she uses to select the best cacao beans from a ll over the world.\n\nShe will take us to small cacao plantages in Mexico and South America. She\ncollaborates with farmers and helps them to improv e their harvest and get to the\nbest type of cacao. This cacao has been ca refully selected and needs to be\nroasted on low temperatures to maintain most of its precious flavors. She will\ntell us all about the process of s election and will reveal the secrets of high\nquality cacao. And of course she will let us taste the differences.\n\n\nABOUT AROMATHÉQUE\n\nEvery mo nth olfactory artist Frank Bloem curates a program where experts\,\nartist s\, designers and scientists shift our perspectives on what we eat\, drink \,\ntouch\, inhale\, secrete and smell. These so called "lower senses" are not only\nplaced lower in our body but also were considered through histo ry as lesser\,\nmore banal and not sophisticated. We think differently. St arting from a simple\ntheme with a thought provoking question\, we go on a journey and inviting people\nfrom different disciplines to discover the w orld that lies behind everyday\nphenomena.\n\n\nFRANK BLOEM [https://www.m ediamatic.net/en/page/377776/frank-bloem]\n\nFrank Bloem is an artist who uses scent as his primary medium. He started his\nlab The Snifferoo in 201 6 and creates scent art projects. From elephant scents\nfor Artis Zoo to e rotic pine scents for festival Into the great wide Open. He\nworks with ar tist and museums and has a long term collaboration with The Embassy\nof th e North Sea for who he made art projects and a perfume. For Mediamatic\nFr ank has been active since 2017. From Collaborating on Odorama evenings wit h\nCaro Verbeek to giving scent and distillation workshops. Since 2019 he is the\nmanager of the Aroma Lab that he set up together with Niklaus Metl er.\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2024/11/26/p1022237.jpg% 28%29%2894741311A91A2B3D9424A184C9ADDAFE%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.n et/en/page/391837/frank-presenting-aromatheque-first-edition-mayo\n\nFrank presenting Aromatheque first edition Mayo -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/ image/2024/11/26/p1022237.jpg%28%29%2894741311A91A2B3D9424A184C9ADDAFE%29. jpg]\n\n\n\n\nMARÍA SALVADORA JIMÉNEZ\n[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mar%C3 %ADa-salvadora-jim%C3%A9nez-bb3a521/]\n\nMaría Salvadora Jiménez is a fine flavour Cacao specialist. She collaborates\nwith farmers and helps them t o improve their harvest to get to the best type of\ncacao.\n\nEnlarge\n[ht tps://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/5/7/mari_a_salvadora_jime_nez.jpg%28%2 9%280386A932C473E066D96C0806D59BB505%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/e n/page/393299/mari%CC%81a-salvadora-jime%CC%81nez\n\nMaría Salvadora Jimén ez -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/5/7/mari_a_salvadora_jime_nez .jpg%28%29%280386A932C473E066D96C0806D59BB505%29.jpg]\n\n\n\n\nINFORMATION \n\nThursday 21st of May\n19:30 - 21:00\nTicket: €12\,50\nStudent\, kunste naar\, Stadspas: €8\,50\n\n\n\nTICKETS [https://mediamatic.stager.co/shop/ default/events/111647506] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/hot-chocolate GEO:52.3765012;4.9132763 LOCATION:Mediamatic - Dijksgracht 6\, 1019 BS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,eastern docklands,festivals X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

One of the biggest mysteries of fermentatio n is the flavour of cocoa. The ordinary chocolate that we are used to, fro m chocolate cigarettes and easter bunnies to high quality supermarket choc olate, has been burnt on high temperatures and therefore lost some of its best flavours.

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For thi s Aromatheque edition, María Salvadora Jiménez, will show us the special t echniques that she uses to select the best cacao beans from all over the w orld.

She will take us to small cacao plantages in Mexico and Sout h America. She collaborates with farmers and helps them to improve their h arvest and get to the best type of cacao. This cacao has been carefully se lected and needs to be roasted on low temperatures to maintain most of its precious flavors. She will tell us all about the process of selection and will reveal the secrets of high quality cacao. And of course she will let us taste the differences.

About Aromathéque

Every month o lfactory artist Frank Bloem curates a program where experts, artists, desi gners and scientists shift our perspectives on what we eat, drink, touch, inhale, secrete and smell. These so called "lower senses" are not only pla ced lower in our body but also were considered through history as lesser, more banal and not sophisticated. We think differently. Starting from a si mple theme with a thought provoking question, we go on a journey and invit ing people from different disciplines to discover the world that lies behi nd everyday phenomena.

Frank Bloem

Frank Bloem is an artist who uses scent as his primary medium. He started his lab The Sniff eroo in 2016 and creates scent art projects. From elephant scents for Arti s Zoo to erotic pine scents for festival Into the great wide Open. He work s with artist and museums and has a long term collaboration with The Embas sy of the North Sea for who he made art projects and a perfume. For Mediam atic Frank has been active since 2017. From Collaborating on Odorama eveni ngs with Caro Verbeek to giving scent and distillation workshops. Since 20 19 he is the manager of the Aroma Lab that he set up together with Niklaus Metler.

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Frank presenting Aromatheque first edition Mayo -

María Salvadora Jiménez

Ma ría Salvadora Jiménez is a fine flavour Cacao specialist. She collaborates with farmers and helps them to improve their harvest to get to the best t ype of cacao.

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Thursday 21st of May
19:30 - 21:00
Ticket: €12,50
Student, kunstenaar, Stadspas: €8,50

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