Moka – Kokoa Kamili, Tanzania, Dark 85%

About the bar

This dark chocolate bar is full of citrus notes and an edge of roasted nuts, astringent throughout.

About the maker

MOKA’s journey started in 2007, when co-founders Jeff and Ishan were working on humanitarian community development at the Himalayan Institute in Cameroon, they noticed the centrality of cacao and agriculture to the country. Cameroon is the 4th largest exporter of cacao in the world. They also noticed the cracks in the industry, there was a lack of investment, farmers weren’t being fairly paid and the cacao being produced was low quality –  each factor playing into each other in this broken system. Witnessing the negative impact the chocolate industry was having on so many lives, Jeff and Ishan set out to change this.

The beans

The beans for this bar are sourced from Kokoa Kamili, a social enterprise fermentary who operate by purchasing ‘wet’ cocoa beans directly from smallholder farmers, and then ferment and dry the beans following its post-harvest protocol. The cacao beans are all sourced from the Kilombero Valley, Morogoro Region, so as to raise the profile of Tanzanian cocoa.

Allergens*

No allergens listed by maker.

Ingredients

Organic cocoa beans, organic cane sugar

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