Learn about the World of Cacao Blog

Dale is the newest addition to the Sales team at Conexión Chocolate! While completing an MA focused on agriculture and ecology, he did an internship in Ecuador, where he learned about Conexión Chocolate during a chocolate tasting. He was impressed by the delicious chocolate and how Conexión was a...

Did you know that a significant portion of all cacao producers are over the age of 60? As the average age of cacao growers increases, we risk losing the important generational knowledge of growing, harvesting and processing cacao. This issue is particularly important for the farmers we work with,...

Whether you’re baking special holiday treats, your favorite chocolate chip cookie or brownie recipe, or an extravagant birthday cake, the chocolate used to craft your creations matters. In the same way you might opt for European-style butter or fresh local eggs to enrich the flavors of your bakin...

We are a sustainable business driven by a passion to preserve fine cacao and its unique flavors, produced by empowered communities, happy stakeholders, and inspired new generations. Our fine range of couverture is the culmination of a decade of experience working with Ecuadorian Nacional cacao an...

Three years ago when Conexión Chocolate founder Jenny Samaniego dreamed up the first Cacao And Chocolate Summit, she envisioned an international meeting of the minds, a gathering of players all up and down the supply chain. The goal was to highlight the best, most sustainable, innovative, and eth...

Take a trip to the Ecuadoran province of Los Ríos and get a unique glimpse of the cacao farming and production process as seen through the eyes of those working in the APOVINCES Cacao Co-Op. In this video you will follow our founder Jenny Samaniego as she introduces you to some of the farmers we ...