With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of love into a bigger financial commitment than it once was. Turns out that if love is reputed to be eternal, a low price for cocoa, the essential ingredient in chocolate, is not.

This Valentine’s Day, love might not be the only thing making hearts race—soaring cocoa prices are adding a bitter twist to the traditional gift of chocolate. As the climate crisis devastates cocoa production in West Africa,