NegOcc cacao farm pushes for dev't of Criollo beans
CHOCOLATE TASTING. Chloe Doutre-Roussel (standing), a French cacao and chocolate connoisseur, speaking at the CY & Sons Group chocolate tasting event at the Bob's Cafe in Bacolod on Thursday (Jan. 26, 2023). With a 50-hectare cacao farm in the neighboring Talisay City, it is pushing for the development of the most sought-after Criollo variety to produce mainly Negrense craft chocolate.(Photo courtesy of Glazyl Masculino) BACOLOD CITY - A large-scale cacao farm in Negros Occidental is pushing for the development of Criollo, the most sought-after variety because of its superior aroma, fl...