Have you ever experienced that perfect moment when a piece of handmade chocolate melts on your tongue, releasing waves of ...

aka "tempering." The idea is to control the heat to prevent an unwanted result. The fat in chocolate, cocoa butter, has some ...

Ensure that the cocoa has not been bulked up with flour or cheaper ingredients. The best variety, known as Caracas, is from Venezuela. Mix cocoa with hot milk or boiling water to make a drink ...

Cocoa has been the centre of many manufacturers’ stresses lately. Prices have rocketed and hit a new all-time high. Larger companies until recently could protect themselves from price rises using the ...