The cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) is farmed within biodiversity hotspots of West Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. Cocoa was traditionally grown under a canopy of native trees that ...

Before becoming the ubiquitous milk chocolate bars that line grocery shelves, the cacao beans undergo an extensive multi-step process of fermenting, drying, roasting, and processing. The treasured ...

So, as you savor chocolate, remember the fragile ecosystems behind it. The price of cocoa in early 2025 was near its all-time high, due in part to dry conditions in Africa. Without urgent action to ...

be sure to get beans directly from a cacao pod or find ones that have been kept moist. Dry seeds may not be viable. Place a few seeds/beans between damp paper towels and watch for them to put out ...

They are destined for greatness in the form of chocolate bars, dried beans and tea at Lavaloha Chocolate Farm in Hilo. “Bringing the Hawaiian cacao to light for the rest of the world – I really want ...

Sixty percent of quality cocoa beans used in Cacao are found ... which is where they start to develop their flavor. Then the ...

With a gift for sensorial writing and a willingness to go the extra mile in search of his stories, Jacobsen breathes life into the global supply chains of farm-to-table tropical agriculture.

and so cocoa stuck. 1 bean = 1 ripe avocado 4 beans = 1 pumpkin 10 beans = 1 rabbit 100 beans = a turkey hen Back to the Maya though. They would dry, grind, and mix the beans with water to create ...