Exploring the impacts of the global cocoa shortage and the challenges faced by chocolatier Jacques Torres in introducing real hot chocolate to America amidst rising prices and diminishing cocoa supplies.
Cocoa has never been so expensive. That’s bad news for players all along the chocolate supply chain: from farmers, to chocolatiers, to chocolate lovers.
In today’s episode, we travel from a farm in Ghana to Jacques Torres’ chocolate factory in Brooklyn, on a journey to understand the origins of a cocoa crisis – and what it means for the future of chocolate.
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