With growing demand for chocolate in emerging markets like India, China, Brazil and increasing interest in fine flavor organic chocolate in developed countries the cacao industry is facing
(copyright N.Markiefka) Last weekend Peru celebrated Cacao and Chocolate with four days of exhibition at the convention center in Lima. The exhibition featured Cacao producers from different regions
Today I visited the Choco Museo in Lima where I participated in a chocolate making workshop. First our teacher Lucia explained us the whole process of drying and
Due to it’s proximity to the Pacific ocean Peru is especially affected by the climatic phenomenon of El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) warming up the usually cold Humboldt
There are many indicators that Cacao originated from the Amazon basin around Perú where a high genetic variety of plants can be found. The Theobroma cacao, literally “the food
