There is a lot to love about chocolate and perhaps even more to love about the entire cacao fruit. Cacao is the raw, unprocessed part of the cacao tree used to produce chocolate — and there is ...

Brands like Barry Callebaut and Lindt embrace upcycled cacao fruit, reducing waste and boosting sustainability. Discover how ...

On the rainy side of Hawai‘i Island, Daeus Bencomo steps through fresh mud in his cowboy boots, rows of leafy cacao trees on ...

Cacao ceremonies are being performed at yoga studios, meditation centers and sound baths. Here's the story behind this ...

Cacao fruit in the Ecuadorean rainforest, where a cacao-based substance was first ingested In the 17th century, a heated debate blew up between two orders of Catholic monks over whether or not ...

Cacao trees usually start to flower and fruit within three years when they are about five feet tall. Pod production might be slow at first with full production of twenty to thirty pods annually ...

In a normal year, he would be surrounded by a palette of green — dappled light filtered through a lush canopy, heavy cacao fruit drooping from trees. Two years of prolonged drought and a steady ...