Visit to the best Chocolatemaker of France: Chocolaterie Morin
For our new video series 'Cacao Trip' we've visited Chocolaterie Morin in the south of France. In Cacao Trip we want to tell the stories...
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Cacao & Spice
- Jun 22, 2022
- 3 min
Meet Malou: the woman behind Macao Movement
Five years ago, just after the opening of Cacao & Spice, a woman on bicycle dropped by the shop and convinced us of her delicious...
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Cacao & Spice
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
Meet the woman behind Chocoláctica - & how she started a sugar free chocolate brand
Chocoláctica is a refined sugar-free chocolate brand made in Amsterdam. Only made in micro batch, with different chocolate creations...
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Cacao & Spice
- Apr 14, 2022
- 3 min
What is single Origin chocolate?
Practically all chocolate in the supermarket is made from cacao beans from different countries. As a result, the origin is often very...
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Cacao & Spice
- Apr 10, 2022
- 3 min
Meet the woman behind Kuná chocolate: Maria Andrade
Meet the woman behind Kuna chocolate: My name is Maria Fernanda Andrade, I’m part of the 3rd generation of bananas, cane sugar, cacao and pi
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Cacao & Spice
- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
Meet the woman behind Pacha de Cacao: Marika
Marika van Santvoort has been working with cacao for years, and in particular on making the cacao industry more sustainable. Pacha de...
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Cacao & Spice
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
Women of Virunga - The world’s first women’s cacao cooperative
In 2008 the first women's cacao cooperative the Femmes de Virunga was founded in Eastern Congo! Against all odds women from Virunga have...
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Cacao & Spice
- Mar 10, 2022
- 1 min
Women in Chocolate and Cacao
Women have always had a special place in the cacao world: in the Cacao & Spice logo is an image of an Aztec lady, which shows the...
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Cacao & Spice
- Mar 1, 2022
- 2 min
Over 4500 trees planted in 2021 thanks to you!
The year 2021 was a restless year for many around the planet. Like for many small business owners we had to reinvent our way of working....
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Cacao & Spice
- Feb 24, 2022
- 2 min
What is vegan chocolate?
All chocolate where no animal products were used, or 'plant based' chocolates, are vegan. So actually all dark chocolate is vegan,...
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Cacao & Spice
- Feb 19, 2022
- 1 min
New: Cacao Juice! But what is it?
We are proud to have started selling Pacha de Cacao: delicious juice of the cacao fruit with no additives, and no sugar! Pacha de Cacao...
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Cacao & Spice
- Jan 7, 2022
- 1 min
Cacao Window Art in Amsterdam's smallest alley way!
Today artist Succugami came into the shop to create beautiful 'Window Art'. She was inspired by the story and beautiful packaging of...
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Cacao & Spice
- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min
Meet the maker: Jean-Christophe Hubert from Millésime
What a nice surprise! A visit today from Jean-Christophe Hubert from Millésime, one of the few Belgian bean-to-bar chocolate makers, and...
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Cacao & Spice
- Sep 18, 2021
- 1 min
Red Light Open Days - tasting chocolates!
Last weekend were the 'Wallen Open Dagen', the Red Light District Open Days. We've welcomed a few hundred people in our shop! In our...
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Cacao & Spice
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
How we plant trees through our chocolate tastings!
Talks about the future of chocolate and sustainable choices, yesterday in our online chocolate tasting with Capgemini. All our chocolates...
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Cacao & Spice
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
iAmsterdam redactietip: chocoladeproeverij bij Cacao & Spice
Onze online chocoladeproeverij is opgenomen als redactietip in de Weekend Guide van I Amsterdam! "Er is áltijd een excuus voor het eten...
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Cacao & Spice
- Feb 14, 2021
- 1 min
"Een stukje Maluku in het hart van de stad"
Wij mochten het spits afbijten voor het recent opgerichte ondernemersnetwerk van Molukse ondernemers in Amsterdam, met een mooi artikel...
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Cacao & Spice
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
Is there still child slavery in the cacao industry? Yes...
The chocolate industry makes 100 billion dollar every year! So why is there still child slavery in cacao? 20 years ago an agreement was...
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Cacao & Spice
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
We got featured in The Guardian's top 10!
Today we got featured in The Guardian's top 10 of best virtual experiences for 2021! "See Amsterdam’s Canal district as never before...
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Cacao & Spice
- Dec 19, 2020
- 1 min
Online Kerstborrels en Nieuwjaarsborrels!
Het waren enerverende weken, in de meest positieve zin van het woord! Ondanks dat fysieke proeverijen niet meer mogelijk zijn, heb ik...
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