Do the plantations that grow cacao also grow coffee?
Typically robusta coffee grows in the same place as cocoa. You’ll find robusta in many of the same places as cocoa. The best arabica coffee, on the other hand, likes a hot day and cold night. Cocoa doesn’t like a cold night. So you’ll see an overlap between robusta and cocoa, but arabica less so. We’re curious about your pairing recommendations and tips – whether it’s coffee, or wine. Every person has their own preference. But if you take for example our 82% which is a very strong flavor chocolate – very fruity, a lot of black currants, cherry notes, but not much sugar – I like to eat that with a port wine. Any type of port wine that has in itself sweetness. I think they balance each other very well. I confess I’m not a wine expert, but I think the 70% and the 62% go better with a tannic wine, a Cabernet Sauvignon, more fruity. California wines are so fruity now themselves. You know, Merlot, something fruity, or a Chilean wine. Milk chocolate, that’s the one for a dessert wine or an ic
