Chocolate starts with a story

EXPLORING THAI CACAO FROM FARM TO CHOCOLATE

THAI CACAO

Farms, regions and varieties across Thailand

FROM FARM TO BAR

Growing, fermentation, drying and chocolate making

EXPLORING THAILAND

Farm visits, travel and local communities

STORIES & BLOG

Real experiences, guides, recipes and more

Visiting a cacao farm in Chanthaburi, Thailand, beneath a mature cacao tree with pods growing from the trunk

WHERE IT STARTED

A journey that began in Thailand

My interest in Thai cacao began years ago, visiting growers, learning how cacao is cultivated and seeing first-hand what Thailand could produce.

What started as curiosity became something much bigger — growing cacao, experimenting with fermentation and chocolate making, and exploring cacao regions across the country.

THAI CACAO REGIONS

Exploring the farms, growers and cacao-producing regions shaping Thailand’s emerging chocolate story.

ISAAN

NORTHEAST THAILAND

Udon Thani • Nong Khai • Loei • Sakon Nakhon

Rows of young cacao saplings growing in a field in Udon Thani, Thailand.

NORTH

NORTHERN THAILAND

Chiang Mai • Chiang Rai • Lampang • Nan

FIELD NOTES COMING SOON

EAST

EASTERN THAILAND

Chanthaburi • Trat • Rayong • Chonburi

Cacao pods growing on a tree at a cacao farm in Chanthaburi, Eastern Thailand.

SOUTH

SOUTHERN THAILAND

Chumphon • Prachuap Khiri Khan

Coastal landscape and limestone mountains in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Southern Thailand.

FIELD NOTES COMING SOON

FEATURED STORIES

CACAO IN PRACTICE

FERMENTING, DRYING AND MAKING CHOCOLATE

Yellow cacao pod growing on a cacao tree in Thailand

BACK TO THE SOURCE

This November I’m going back to Thailand to visit cacao farms, meet growers and find out what’s happening across the country.

I’ll be documenting what I find: the farms, the people, the cacao and the stories behind them.