Each source holds a sacred journey. We hand select our cacao from families we have grown relationship with, some that require a trek through the jungle to get to them!

What differentiates our cacao from others is that we source from single-farm origins so that you can taste the difference of each Family, Watershed, & Trees that vary village to village within Southern Belize.

Most of our sources go through a traditional 2-5 day ferment, wash and dry, to ensure best storage conditions.

This entails a two-stage process (anaerobic then aerobic) that transforms raw, bitter beans into flavorful chocolate by breaking down pulp sugars using yeast and bacteria.

Through consuming cacao, you are directly connecting with the microbioms of place.

A crucial step in enhancing flavor profiles and aromas of cacao is the process of roasting!

We’ve created our own small-scale system of roasting by using a stainless steel rotisserie cage to get an even roast on all our beans over ~45 minutes time.

Next is crushing up the beans and winnowing the husk from the cacao nibs.

By separating the husk from the nibs, we can repurpose the shaft into a deliciously light tea, or provide nutrients back into our gardens.

Once we have all our nibs separated and ready to grind, we slowly feed them into a granite stone melanger to process over 12-24 hours. Particles are ground to <20 microns to be undetectable by the tongue creating a silky smooth consistency.

This process of conching (mixing/aerating) also removes unwanted compounds to develop flavor, reduce acidity, and produce a silky texture.

The cacao liquor is then formed into molds by weight, set in refrigeration, untempered, and packaged with care to carry North with us.

Since we are a hand-processed, single-farm origin cacao company, we only work will super small batches to share with friends and family— solely by word of mouth.

We value limiting the supply chain of this medicine, telling an intimate story behind it, and are grateful to share this medicine directly from our hands, to yours.