{"id":592735,"date":"2019-02-19T23:17:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T23:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-486682\"><header>\n                                                                                <div class=\"entry-post-meta\">\n\t        <p>Date: <time content=\"2019-02-19T15:52:16+00:00\" class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2019-02-19T15"},"modified":"2019-02-19T23:17:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T23:17:12","slug":"diving-into-the-sumptuous-world-of-chocolate-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/19\/diving-into-the-sumptuous-world-of-chocolate-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving into the sumptuous world of chocolate making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-486682\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"entry-post-meta\">\n<p>Date: <time content=\"2019-02-19T15:52:16+00:00\" class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2019-02-19T15:52:16+00:00\">Feb 19, 2019 3:52pm<\/time><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/Art-and-SOul-story.jpg\" alt=\"Art and Soul: Diving into the sumptuous world of chocolate making\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is safe to say that the majority of us enjoy chocolate every now and again. However how many of us actually appreciate the art of chocolate making, let alone appreciate the richness of made in Ghana chocolate? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.2 --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We process just about 20% to 30% of our cocoa. Ghana and Cote d\u2019Ivoire, the two biggest producers of Cocoa in the world, also earn just about $5billion from the about $100 billion industry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are about 10 artisanal chocolate makers in Ghana trying to break into the industry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One household name is Akua Obenewaa Donkor, aka the \u201cChocolate Lady.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uccessfully runs her own business, DecoKraft, a company that specialises in authentic, handcrafted chocolate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.2 --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DecoKraft not only offers private selections (requests\/ orders), they also keep up with the demands and standards of the industry. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Art and Soul paid DecoKraft a visit to get insight into what it takes to be a private, top chocolate maker. Find out what they discover in the video below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6jjV5kexeIU\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Art and Soul<\/strong> airs on\u00a0<strong>Citi TV<\/strong> every Saturday at 8:30am<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>By: citinewsroom.com | Ghana |<br \/>\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.2 -->\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>                                        \t\t\t\t\t        \t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Feb 19, 2019 3:52pm It is safe to say that the majority of us enjoy chocolate every now and again. 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Ghana and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":592736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diving into the sumptuous world of chocolate making - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/19\/diving-into-the-sumptuous-world-of-chocolate-making\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Diving into the sumptuous world of chocolate making - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Date: Feb 19, 2019 3:52pm It is safe to say that the majority of us enjoy chocolate every now and again. 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