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Confluence Chocolate takes cocoa from bean to bar

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Chris Tomchik takes chocolate making to the next level. “Our first step is roasting cocoa beans ...

Chocolate’s bean-to-bar boom, from Asian-inspired flavours to single-origin cacao

Artisanal brands like Marou, Dandelion, Pump Street and Fossa are among the makers championing traceable cacao, bold flavours ...
The Christian Science Monitor

From ‘bean to bar,’ boutique chocolate makers tell a new story

Consumers’ interest in the origins of their chocolate is rising. The “bean-to-bar” movement pioneered by boutique chocolate makers offers one response.
Yahoo

Why You Should Think Twice Before Eating Raw Cacao Beans

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. open cacao pod full of cacao beans with an intact pod behind it on a bed of cacao beans - Atlantide Phototravel/Getty Images When ...
New York Post

Chocolate prices likely to soar as African cocoa processing plants can’t afford to buy beans

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...