Cacao News

Intro Born out of the minds of the Thai Chumphon Collective, Kamkav Farm joined the Asia Cacao Collective, based in Kuala Lumpur.    A Collective, not a Distributor The idea: selling cacao...

INTRO Until 1755 British people spoke of cacao, just like the rest of the world. So why did they change their pronunciation of this exquisite food? Is the word cocoa...

INTRO There were two attempts to introduce cocoa in Vietnam: at the end of the 19th century and at the end of the Cold War in the 1980s. They both...

INTRO A boy of 16 was standing alone in front of a church altar in France during his marriage ceremony. His 14-year- old bride didn’t need to show up. Engaged...

INTRO Does eating chocolate makes you smarter? According to psychologist Merrill Elias, this is indeed the case. Elias is a lead researcher on a recent study published in the journal Appetite....

INTRO Remember the headlines a while ago about chocolate on track to go extinct in a couple of decennia? As being cocoa farmers ourselves, we did some research and concluded...

THE LUCKY HOGG IN VIETNAM It was 2013 and we had been driving uphill for half an hour along a difficult muddy path not far from Buon Ma Thuot in...

A great eye-opener on the Cambodian cacao & chocolate scene, written by Max of Dame Cacao, chocolate traveller.