This hot chocolate starts with a real cacao pod, cracked open and turned into rich, velvety cocoa. It’s earthy, bold, and ...

West African cocoa production, which has faced two successive below-average harvests, is likely to see another 10% decline in ...

Cacao fruit might be the source of cocoa beans but it can be used for more than dessert-y type foods. From pasta infusions to dying shoes, here's the score.

Yes there's nothing as quick and satisfying as Blink-it-ing your favourite bar of chocolate and gorging on it solo. But in ...

Barry Callebaut has lowered its outlook for the third time this year due to “unprecedented” disruption caused by wild swings in cocoa prices, sending shares in the Swiss chocolatier down 13 per cent ...

Her book, "One Cacao Tree: how to make chocolate from fresh cacao pods," walks readers through the process of making tree-to-bar chocolate… but you'll need to live in a tropical climate to grow cacao.

July 7, the world celebrates the creation of a popular sweet treat. World Chocolate Day is a holiday that has been introduced ...

“Nearly 70% of the global cacao production takes place in Africa, where black pod rot caused by Phytophthora megakarya is rampant,” Herrera Corzo said. “There, we have an epidemic.” ...

Cacao pods, beans, and pulp. Paolo Picciotto / REDA / Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Although these emissions are sizable, waste generally contributes a smaller part of cacao’s carbon ...

Asher Sefami handles cacao pods he and partner Seamus Blackley grew inside a San Gabriel lab. “We didn’t know that the chocolate was going to be different than other chocolate,” Sefami says.

By 2021, she was working full-time on her venture, Colorado Cocoa Pod. Pensack-Rinehart worked in tech before going to pastry school in 2015. That's where she fell in love with chocolate.

The ideal temperature range for cacao growth is up to 32 degrees Celsius, or 89.6 Fahrenheit, but recent trends indicate that climate change is increasing the number of days above this range.