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SIAS: a cocoa celebration 

Open-access content Wednesday 5th September 2018 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

On 21 June, the Staple Inn Actuarial Society held a chocolate tasting event at the Cocoa Vaults of Hotel Chocolat in Covent Garden.

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There was certainly a pre-exam-result buzz among our participants! We tasted eight types of chocolate, ranging from a 100% cocoa bar to a 60% supermilk. We learned how chocolate is made, where it comes from, and how to enjoy it (hint: it does not come from a purple packet!). Finally, we had a tempering demonstration, where one lucky SIAS member learned how to temper chocolate on a marble slab without using a thermometer. Everyone enjoyed the event and we hope to organise more next year. Keep an eye out on our new website: sias.org.uk


Tom Leigh-Eldredge is social convenor for SIAS.

This article appeared in our September 2018 issue of The Actuary .
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