We, the team at the Chocolate Museum and Gerda the Chocolate Girl, are delighted to tell you exciting stories about the Chocolate Museum Cologne on this blog. We'll take you behind the scenes of one of Germany's most visited museums and give you insights that regular museum visitors don't get to see.
Gerda is the chocolate girl from Cologne's Südstadt district. This series of entertaining stories about the Cologne Chocolate Museum, the history of chocolate and the cathedral city of Cologne is all about her. The stories provide an insight into the Chocolate Museum.
Since 2021, we at the Chocolate Museum have had a direct connection to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. How does that work? With our Climate Chocolate Tree!
Chocolate – a true delight for the senses: almost everyone loves it, because its delicious, sweet taste is irresistible to many. But what exactly gives chocolate its unique character? The answer lies in an inconspicuous but crucial ingredient: sugar.
Gerda is the chocolate girl from Cologne's Südstadt district. This series of entertaining stories about the Cologne Chocolate Museum, the history of chocolate and the cathedral city of Cologne is all about her. The stories provide an insight into the Chocolate Museum.
It's me again - Gerda: Today I want to tell you something about my neighbourhood - the Vringsveedel
Would you like to learn more about what goes into making your favourite sweet treat, chocolate? Then we have just the thing for you: ‘Chocolate Stories,’ the podcast series from the Chocolate Museum and Engagement Global!
The Severinsviertel stands for the city of Cologne like no other. Legend has it that when God made the people of Cologne, he copied them from the Severinsviertel. The Veedel is more closely linked to the city than any other.
Not all chocolate is the same. You can't just mix together any old cocoa and sugar and sell it as chocolate. There are significant differences between types of chocolate: when do we refer to it as milk chocolate, dark chocolate, fine chocolate or white chocolate? Questions like these are regulated.
For years, a general shift in values has been sweeping through society. In addition to price, other values are playing an increasingly decisive role in purchasing decisions.
Chocolate made from camel's milk - it may sound unusual at first, but it actually exists. Al Nassma is the world's first camel milk chocolate.
We love it - chocolate. White, milk or dark chocolate, pure or with nuts and sultanas, as a bar, as a hollow figure or as a drink. Very few of us can imagine our everyday lives without chocolate.
Not all cocoa is the same. Just as chocolate is not just chocolate. There is a wide variety of flavors. From dark to milk to the most unusual varieties such as chili flavored chocolate. There are also different cocoa plants.
The Chocolate Museum has been cooperating with premium chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli for chocolate production since 2006. Sustainability plays a key role in Lindt & Sprüngli's business success.
