Life, they say, begins at 40. For Treena Tecson, a public relations practitioner and a certified chocolate taster, turning 40 was the best time for her to pursue her passion for chocolates.  Treena ...

Any chocolate lover can probably tell you that cacao is the most important ingredient in any chocolate confection. But not ...

The Ghana Tree Crop Diversification Project (TCDP) is set to bring digital innovation to the country’s cocoa industry, aiming ...

Ghana has delayed the delivery of 370,000 metric tons of cocoa in the 2023/24 season due to poor output, its food and ...

The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly. (There are no bees in the Dominican Republic). Pollinated flowers produce ...

The Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) and the Cameroon government have signed a $60 million agreement they say will fund the development of cacao and coffee production, as well as protect ...

Cocoa was the best performing commodity in 2024, outpacing even bitcon, as prices surged 132 percent, hitting a record high of ...

20 Metric Tons of Premium Cacao Beans are now available for purchase in Utah. 40 Metric Tons of Couverture Chocolate is warehoused in Texas, ready for culinary artisans, chocolatiers, and ...

cacao powder The plant used to make chocolate is called the cacao tree. It makes a fruit called cacao beans. Raw beans can be crushed into cacao powder. But if the beans are roasted first ...

Where Does Raw Cacao Come From? Raw cacao comes from the beans of the Theobroma cacao tree. The beans, technically seeds, grow within pods in the Baba part of the plant. The Baba is a fleshy white ...

Both Ivory Coast and Ghana forward-sell the next season’s beans and set the price that ... cutting down forest to clear space for more cocoa trees. But a new European Union law aimed at ...