Ecuador sits on a gold mine of cacao. In its 19th-century heyday, the country was the world’s leading exporter, but plant disease and global market changes cost Ecuador its top spot in the early 1900s ...

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The Ecuadorian Embassy is bringing premium chocolate maker Pacari to Seoul as part of its efforts to promote food and culture this year. “Not only Ecuadorian cacao, but also our dark chocolates have ...

“Fifteen years ago, people thought fine Ecuadorian cacao was lost,” Santiago Peralta shrugs, gesturing to an expanse of cacao trees populating the rainforest-carpeted slopes of Santa Rita, a small ...

ILSAN, Gyeonggi Province — Ecuadorian organic chocolate brand Pacari purchases cocoa beans, the key ingredient in chocolate, directly from small local farmers, paying them a higher rate for their high ...

Sweat trickles down my back as I follow Bolivar Alvarado through thick undergrowth. He has an elaborate tattoo on the inside of his left forearm and in his right hand he carries a machete. We are ...

Sometimes travel means taking the love for food and chocolate abroad on your next trip. Or in the meantime, we can take you on a virtual chocolate tour to Quito, from the comfort of your home. Ecuador ...

The founder of Pacari Chocolate, a sustainable and organic company based in Ecuador, was on hand to kick off the International Trademark Association’s Brand Authenticity conference in Berlin today.

QUITO, ECUADOR -- Most of the world’s chocolate today comes from America and Europe, and it's made from cacao (cocoa) beans grown in Africa. But at least one South American company wants to make the ...

Ecuador has some of the oldest varieties of cocoa trees, which have distinctive flavours In the lush province of Esmeraldas, on Ecuador's northern border with Colombia, farmers are proud to say they ...