I had the opportunity to speak with two truly inspiring members of the Cocoa Research Centre (CRC) at The UWI: Professor ...

Trinitario emerged in the Caribbean in the 19th century, and is a hybrid of forastero and criollo, accounting for 10% of cocoa bean production. Just as wine depends on its 'terroir', the flavor of ...

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza National University researchers conducted a genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern ...

It has a thick-walled pod and seeds with a pungent aroma. Cacao trees easily cross-pollinate and Trinitario is a natural cross of the other two. It is easy to cultivate and produces seeds with ...

Como parte de una campaña educativa de alerta y concientización sobre el ingreso y siembra ilegal del cacao CCN-51 o Colección Castro Naranjal Naranjal, de origen ecuatoriano, la periodista de ...

Chocolate comes in many different varieties, each with unique flavours, textures, and origins. Across the globe, different ...

Origen de la palabra chocolate: Se han formado diversas hipótesis con respecto a su origen, pero la más relevante dice que proviene de la voz náhuatl “xocoatl” (agua ácida o amarga), de xococ (cosa ...

Oodaalolly – Love the chocolates that use ultra-rare organic Filipino Trinitario Cacao and Swiss chocolate-making.

Investigadores de la Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, en Perú, han llevado a cabo un análisis genómico del cacao de fino aroma, un cultivo de gran relevancia mundial. Este estudio, p ...