Pods on a cacao (cocoa) tree. Photo: iStock/Getty Images Plus London | Reuters — Futures markets have seen a record-breaking run in cocoa prices in 2024, a surge exacerbated by the hedge funds that ...

Cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is an important cash crop for some 5 million smallholder farmers ... Intermediate canopy cover – of cover crops planted between the cocoa tree – can help ...

Nyanga, one of the co-owners, spent three years in South America and West Africa researching cocoa, before setting up shop on Brick Lane. That doesn't mean they don't have fun with chocolate.

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Secondly, it should have a shiny exterior (unless coated in cocoa powder, etc), free of blemishes or white "bloom" (a sign that the chocolate was not treated properly during production or storage).