Notices tagged with cocoa

Sinterklaas more costly this year as cocoa prices skyrocket

"Sharp rises in #cocoa prices have made this year' Sinterklaas celebrations more costly, De Tijd warned on Friday. Prices are unlikely to drop any time soon.

The main culprits for the rising prices are fungal diseases in cocoa plants and bad weather, which resulted in terrible harvests in crucial cocoa-producing countries in West Africa."

https://www.brusselstimes.com/1342994/sinterklaas-more-costly-this-year-as-cocoa-prices-skyrocket

Tag 2 im neuen Jahr und Kvadraat lässt es erst mal gaaanz langsam angehen.

#Kvadraat #coffee #tea #cocoa

Christmas Eve in our house!

- Hot cocoa with oat milk (with a sad attempt at oat milk whipped cream);

- Books to read with cocoa;

- Pav Bhaji;

- And DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE (DDLJ)

Merry Christmas everyone! May your year be filled with light and love!

- Sean, Ruchika, and Viraj

#Christmas #ChristmasEve #MerryChristmas #Cocoa #Vegan #Bookstodon #Books #Japan
#IndianFood #PavBhaji #PavBhajiTime #Cinema #Bollywood #DDLJ #ShahRukhKhan #SRK #Kajol #India #MastIndia #Movies #Family #Love

" “The cocoa fruit is basically a pumpkin and right now we’re just using the seeds,” said Kim Mishra, a food technologist at ETH Zürich [1]"
"The researchers used the waste flesh and juice of the #cocoa fruit...instead of...sugar"
"#Chocolate [ranks] alongside some meats in terms of the greenhouse gas emissions emitted per kilogram of food. Mishra and his colleagues set out to reduce the waste in the production process"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/01/scientists-develop-method-of-making-healthier-more-sustainable-chocolate

Ref.1
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-024-00967-2
#sustainability

"The world’s supply of #coffee and #cocoa comes from a handful of countries. Vietnam and Brazil account for more than half of global coffee bean exports — and Vietnam has suffered from severe drought. Cocoa’s two biggest producers are West Africa’s Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, where production shortfalls are causing unprecedented volatility and record-high prices"
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/markets/cocoa-volatility-coffee-market/
🔸#Japan may find it difficult to secure coffee/cocoa supplies due to weakening yen. Back to locally grown tea?

Spicy hot cocoa, americano with half n half and ‘The Burdick’ pastry from L.A.Burdick in Chicago on a cold day!
☕️❄️🪄

Treating oneself to a little bit of heaven (pure dark chocolate) keeps the soul warm in cold weather

#magic #darkchocolate #sunday #sundayvibes #foodporn #relaxing #chocolate #chicago #couple #love #romance #holiday #family #coffee #cafe #pastry #cocoa #hotcocoa @coffee

Happy World Choco Day 2023¡ #cocoa #chocolate