Panama – Fair Trade & Organic – 2009 Country of origin: PanamaVariety: Trinatario This is from the COCABO Coastal Coop on the borders of the ‘Amistad’ Forest Preserve. In a similar fashion to Panamanian coffee this has a soft round profile. It...

Ivory Coast – Fair Trade Certified – Forastero 2008 Country of origin VarietyIvory Coast Forastero Hopefully you know me well enough by now that you know I don’t put a lot of stock into names and labels. That said, this origin (the...

Madagascar – Sambriano Valley – Organic – 2008 This is a fine flavor grade of cocoa Trinatario from Madagascar, Sambriano Valley. It is a Single Estate Cacao from the Northern Ambanja region and is Certified Organic. We briefly carried this origin a...

Ghana- Fair Trade Certified – Forastero 2008 Country of origin Variety Ghana – Kuapa Kokoo co-op Forastero This is the 2nd time we have been able to offer this bean. They are from a Co-op in Ghana by the name of Kuapa...

Tanzanian – 2009 – Trinatario I like to be up front about what I sell. I am going to highlight that I really like the flavor of this bean. Nutty, balanced, chocolate (odd, but it IS chocolatey), very little fruit. What I...

If you have not noticed, the world of cocoa is changing. 5 years ago, you could not find raw cocoa on line, let alone locally. It was bought and sold in the ton quantities (for a tiny order) or preferably by the...