The ChocoZine

The jungles of Masoamerica is the motherland of cacao trees. Yes, chocolate is growing on trees. And they are not palms, like many mass-market makers think mixing cacao dust with vast amount of palm oil. But we will get back to the big guys later. Now a little bit of...

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In 2019 Soma Chocolatemaker from Toronto won yet another award during American round of International Chocolate Awards competition for its Guasare (beans from Venezuela) and Ukayali (Peruvian beans) bars. Canada in Music Twenty years ago Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" won three awards at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards. So what's...

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In Roanne (France), Pralus' employees benefit from a permaculture garden staying healthy and making happy. HELLO CHOCOLATE / PUBLISHED: JUL-03-2019 On the production site of the Pralus Manufacture in Roanne where our beloved chocolate and pralines are produced, a former wasteland wedged between the concrete walls and factory chimneys has...

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28 June, 2019 How to Protect Biological Diversity? The Answer is Chocolate! Published by Original Beans  Wait! Eating chocolate to protect and restore nature? For many of us it is no news and yet, the latest report by the World Biodiversity Council (IPBES) has shaken the news world. It states...

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The French Kiss of French Chocolate: The Sexy Power of a Corporate Gift Full of French Chocolate Author Dima Minkov / Corporate Gifts / Published: Apr-25-2019 Why French chocolate is so unapologetically delicious? Let's take bean-to-bar chocolate.. While other craft chocolates can be “sophisticated”, “interesting”, “earthy” or “fruity”, French chocolate...

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