PanacacaoCacao in Panama, from the pod up.https://panacacao.com/Criollo, Amelonado and the Panamanian sancocho: what the first genetics study of Panama's cacao foundhttps://panacacao.com/learn/panama-cacao-genetics/https://panacacao.com/learn/panama-cacao-genetics/A 2026 study sampled 80 trees in Bocas del Toro and Herrera. Bocas is a mixed stew of ancestries; Herrera hides almost pure Criollo. Here is what it means for flavour and for farmers.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDrying cacao in the rainiest corner of Panamahttps://panacacao.com/learn/drying-cacao-in-the-rain/https://panacacao.com/learn/drying-cacao-in-the-rain/Bocas del Toro gets three months of near-daily rain right when the harvest peaks. Sun-drying can take over a month and grow mould. Here is how farms are solving it.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe best chocolate tours in Bocas del Toro, and how to choose onehttps://panacacao.com/learn/best-chocolate-tours-bocas-del-toro/https://panacacao.com/learn/best-chocolate-tours-bocas-del-toro/Eight farms and makers, four ways to get there, one rule: go when it is harvest. A farmer's honest guide to cacao tours in the archipelago.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTFermentation matters more than variety: lessons from Panama's first chocolate tasting coursehttps://panacacao.com/learn/fermentation-matters-more-than-variety/https://panacacao.com/learn/fermentation-matters-more-than-variety/Six days, 200 samples, 22 students and 6 graduates. What Bocas del Toro growers learned when an international chocolate taster came to Changuinola.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhere to buy Panamanian chocolate, in Panama and abroadhttps://panacacao.com/learn/where-to-buy-panama-chocolate/https://panacacao.com/learn/where-to-buy-panama-chocolate/Which bars to look for, where they are sold, and why almost none of them are on Amazon. Plus the closest substitutes if you cannot get here.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Panama cacao calendar: harvests, fairs and when to visithttps://panacacao.com/learn/panama-cacao-calendar/https://panacacao.com/learn/panama-cacao-calendar/Month by month: when the pods ripen, when the fermentation boxes are full, when the Bocas Showcolate Fair happens, and when to stay away.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT“Ceremonial” cacao, drinking chocolate and a bar: what is actually the difference?https://panacacao.com/learn/ceremonial-cacao-vs-chocolate/https://panacacao.com/learn/ceremonial-cacao-vs-chocolate/The same bean, three products, a lot of marketing. What “ceremonial cacao” really is, why our farm does not use the word, how cacao is drunk in Bocas kitchens, and how to make it at home.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTCOCABO: how a 1952 cooperative in Almirante became the backbone of Panamanian cacaohttps://panacacao.com/learn/cocabo-oldest-cooperative/https://panacacao.com/learn/cocabo-oldest-cooperative/Bananas built Bocas, cacao survived it. The story of the oldest cooperative in Panama, its 1,400 mostly Ngäbe members, and where its organic beans end up.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTLess than one percent: why Panama should sell chocolate, not beanshttps://panacacao.com/learn/less-than-one-percent/https://panacacao.com/learn/less-than-one-percent/Panama grows a rounding error of the world's cacao. That is exactly why exporting raw beans makes no sense, and why the real opportunity is in bars, paste and tourism.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT