by Ronan Weggelaar | Mar 22, 2023 | Coffee Articles
In the outskirts of Gayo Highlands Berawang Baro is a village consisting of 600 inhabitants who live and breathe coffee. With 127 registered farmer families, coffee is everywhere. While the residents enjoy their quiet life in a remote area, the 2-hour drive to the...
by Ronan Weggelaar | Feb 24, 2023 | Cocoa Stories
My name is María, and ever since I joined the Cocoa Team at Daarnhouwer & Co. over ten years ago, I made it my mission to learn and understand cocoa quality and flavours. When I started back then, only physical analyses were performed on our cocoas. After cutting...
by Ronan Weggelaar | Jan 26, 2023 | Cocoa Stories
During a recent visit to Mexico, our colleague Erika embarked on a journey to learn more about her country’s deep and proud cacao roots. Tag along with Erika on her discovery tour of Mexico’s rich cacao heritage. From Mexico City to Chiapas, we will follow the cacao...
by Ronan Weggelaar | Dec 21, 2022 | Cocoa Stories
Getting up close and personal with the Daarnhouwer team! Before the end of the year is here, we thought it would be fun to introduce ourselves to you. Sometimes you see a name in an e-mail or talk to someone over the phone but you can’t put a face to the name. Or...
by Ronan Weggelaar | Sep 15, 2022 | Cocoa Stories
HOW VIETNAMESE CHOCOLATE BRAND TBROS BECAME A QUALITY COCOA EXPORTER As a cocoa lover and chocolate enthusiast, you probably recognize the quite distinctive packaging of the Vietnamese brand T-Bros. Brown recycled carton with golden glitter, blue and white...
