I had missed the news that after years of growth, #cocoa prices have crashed on the international market.

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/brazils-dreams-industrial-scale-cocoa-farms-fading-after-price-crash-2026-03-12/

By the way, after the giant price hikes of the past few years, #cocoa is now too cheap again and is literally rotting on the fields as it doesn't pay enough to put in the hard work of actually harvesting it. The invisible hand at work. Le sigh. (From around US$2500/to in 2022/23 to US$11000/to at its peak in 2025, now back to around US$3000/to)

https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/09/cocoa-crash-leaves-west-african-farmers-struggling-despite-global-chocolate-demand/ and https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/brazils-dreams-industrial-scale-cocoa-farms-fading-after-price-crash-2026-03-12/

Hot chocolate with just a dessert spoon each of cocoa and coconut milk powders 😘 It’s not sweet, though coconut milk on its own is a little, but also not bitter. More neutral.

#food #chocolate #cocoa #coconut #diabetes

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/reeses-hersey-chocolate-candy-cocoa

Cocoa beans quadrupled in price because a series of droughts and floods since 2020 destroyed the plants and made surviving trees vulnerable to pests " in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, which, combined, produce 70% of the world’s chocolate ".
By late 2025, the trees recovered and cocoa shortage now eases.
Prices might follow but not immediately because previous harvests were sold at higher prices.
Alternative locations in Ecuador or Indonesia are also prone to more extreme weather events thanks to Exxon's lies which made fossil fools of us.
What's more: small plantations get abandoned because people move into cities to look for less volatile, permanent jobs.

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Sudden urbanisation driven by climate change? We've seen in Syria what that leads to.

Haven't bought chocolate since it surged past 15€ per kilo = a doubling some time in 2024.

#ClimateChange #Chocolate #Cocoa #ExtremeWeather

‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real #cocoa in Valentine #chocolate due to shortages

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/reeses-hersey-chocolate-candy-cocoa

Schlechte Nachrichten aus Côte d'Ivoire: KakaofarmerInnen warten teils seit Monaten auf ihr Geld und jetzt hat die Regierung den staatlich festgelegten Kakaopreis um rund 60% gesenkt. Damit erhalten KakaofarmerInnen wieder weniger als zum Leben notwendig ist:
https://www.theobroma-cacao.de/blog/aktuelles-aus-der-welt-der-schokolade-3/cote-d-ivoire-senkt-farm-gate-preis-fur-kakao-um-60-7855

#kakao #kakaopreis #cotedivoire #cocoa