As you may know, at Silva, we take pride in our unique focus on the forest, the farmers, flavours, and the future, all while having fun. Given our affinity and practical and solid knowledge of the terrain it was time to share our insights on the hot topic of ‘agroforestry’.
As we welcome the arrival of spring, we're eager to unveil some fresh additions to our lineup. Prepare to discover a variety of new flavours and profiles that promise to invigorate your senses.
Slowly concepts as single origin, single region, single farm and single variety are entering the chocolate scène...
There is a lot of talk about origin, terroir and identity in chocolate. In this insight, we shed light on 'origin', talk about 'terroir' and dive deeper into the meaning of our tagline 'cacao with an identity'.
The so-called 'Theobroma Cacao' is always in the spotlight. But deep in the Amazon Forest, we ran across the rare 'Theobroma Bicolor'.
DNA fingerprinting makes it possible to pinpoint specific plant traits and accurately identify cacao genetics. Let's discover what DNA fingerprinting of cacao learned us upto now.