Notice on the Further postponement of FIC 2020

Process of Cocoa

Summary of the process of transforming cocoa beans into chocolateStep 1. The cocoa beans are cleaned to remove all extraneous material.Step 2. To bring out the chocolate flavour and colour, the beans are roasted. The temperature, ...

Harvesting and Post-harvest of Cocoa

Harvesting Cocoa Pods containing cocoa beans grow from the trunk and branches of the cocoa tree. Harvesting involves removing ripe pods from the trees and opening them to extract the wet beans. The pods are harvested manually by ...

Categories of Cocoa Beans

Categories of Cocoa BeansThe world cocoa market distinguishes between two broad categories of cocoa beans: "fine or flavour" cocoa beans, and "bulk" or "ordinary" cocoa beans. As a generalisation, fin...

Monthly Cocoa Market Review- March 2020