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Climate change is a vicious cycle. For example, in the chocolate industry, deforestation happens all the time to clear land for cocoa plantations. This is helping climate change move along faster. But here’s the thing. They’re making room for more cocoa plantations through deforestation. The climate change that occurs from deforestation is hurting overall cocoa […]

There is so much that goes into making chocolate, especially premiere and grand cru chocolate. From its simple start as a bean to its decadent journey into a bar, there are plenty of factors to consider. But it all begins with where you get your cacao bean. Trust us. It makes a difference. Premier Cru […]

It’s no secret that the flavor of any chocolate bar comes from the cacao beans used to make it. Each bean possesses a uniquely distinct essence, offering many different flavors of chocolate.  At Le Chocolat des Iles, these differences in taste set fine chocolate apart from the stuff in a checkout line. Let’s take a […]

The cacao bean goes on quite a long journey and lengthy process before it ends up as melting goodness in your mouth. The process starts with us traveling to the visit the selected farms all over the world reputed to have fine cocoa beans.  We visit the cocoa plantations and interact with the farmers discussing […]