When a Spanish shipment of cocoa beans veered off course and was seized off the coast of Britain in the 16th century, its captors assumed the contents were sheep droppings and burned it.

According to the cocoa farmers, proceeds from cocoa farming in the outgoing season tripled what they realised in the previous ...

Cocoa beans demand fell in Europe in the fourth quarter of 2024 and for the year as a whole, though it remains relatively stable, according to a report from the European Cocoa Association.

in “Notting Hill”? Let's try a couple more, shall we? How many cocoa beans does it take to make a pound of chocolate? Or, can you name which element diamonds are composed of? If you can answer ...

Cocoa was a gift from the gods. The Mayan word theobroma means food of the gods. Cocoa beans were used at ceremonial sacrifices to the gods.

The police have arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged smuggling of quantities of cocoa beans to the neighbouring countries of either Togo or Burkina Faso, the Ghana Cocoa Board ...

THIS COLORFUL FRUIT IS THE ESSENCE OF TODD MASONIS BUSINESS. INSIDE THESE ARE THE COCOA BEANS, EACH ONE TREATED WITH UTMOST CARE BECAUSE TO HIM, IT ISN’T JUST A CANDY, IT’S A DELICACY.

He suspected that the over 2,000 cocoa beans packaged in maize bags were being smuggled to neighbouring Burkina Faso or Togo for high purchase. The trucks have been placed in the custody of the ...