You might think chocolate comes in a few basic types and that's it, but the varieties and sub categories are more diverse.

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Cacao fruit might be the source of cocoa beans but it can be used for more than dessert-y type foods. From pasta infusions to dying shoes, here's the score.

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music-filled journey to the foothills of Peru’s Machu Picchu. The highlight of the Hiram Bingham route is the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Holding aloft pairs of dry coca leaves ...

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In this guest feature for vegconomist, Nils shares key insights from Natural Products Expo West 2025, where the focus ...

Indigenous organizations petitioned the Peruvian government to create Yavarí Mirim, an Indigenous reserve on the Amazon ...

Cocoa beans from cacao trees are used to make chocolate, cocoa butter, and natural medicines. Cacao is also used for cultural and ceremonial purposes. To conduct their study, the researchers traveled ...

An L-shaped counter made from a 500-year-old Mongolian oak tree sets the stage for an omakase ... The team behind Central in Lima, Peru — named the No. 1 restaurant in the world in 2023 by ...

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

Indonesia is the third-largest producer of cocoa in the world, behind Cote D’Ivoire and Ghana, according to the United ...