A raw cacao paste, used for making balls for hot chocolate preparation, is seen stored in a box in a chocolate manufacture in Cuernavaca, Colombia.
A raw cacao paste, used for making balls for hot chocolate preparation, is seen stored in a box in artisanal chocolate manufacture in Cuernavaca, Cauca, Colombia, 5 December 2021. Although cacao has been grown in Colombia for centuries, Colombian cacao production is focused primarily on the domestic market in which the demand for drinking chocolate plays a crucial part. Cacao trees have been cultivated mainly in small mixed crop farms, operated on sustainability principles. With the global growth of chocolate popularity and the Colombian post-conflict economic development in recent years, Colombian farmers are gradually increasing their cacao production and chocolate export.
Size: 5316px × 3544px
Location: Cuernavaca, Cauca, Colombia
Photo credit: © Jan Sochor / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: artisanal, business, cacao, cauca, chocolate, cocoa, colombia, colombian, crafted, cultivation, drinking, factory, farm, farming, food, fresh, freshness, hand, handmade, harvest, healthy, hot, liquor, making, manufacture, manufacure, mass, natural, paste, process, processing, product, production, raw, rural, rustic, small, spoon, superfood, traditional, wooden
