Behind every certificate of analysis is a cooperative agreement negotiated months before harvest. A look at how pricing, payment, and accountability actually work between us and the 60+ cooperatives we source from.
Read the full storyWhat changed this year for shea and cocoa-derivative importers, and the paperwork we now prepare before a buyer even asks.
Read moreUnrefined isn't always the right call for every formulation. A practical comparison for manufacturers deciding between the two.
Read moreCooperative payment, lab testing, packaging, and port handling: a line-item breakdown of where the price per kilogram actually goes.
Read moreHarvest volume swings year to year with rainfall. How we plan production commitments around a supply we don't fully control.
Read moreA tree takes 15 years before it's useful. Here's how we track survival rate rather than just reporting a planting number.
Read moreTesting after packing is faster and cheaper. Here's the argument for why we still don't do it that way.
Read moreThe container-size question every new buyer asks. A straightforward way to think about it before you commit either way.
Read moreCocoa pod ash and shea, made the way it's always been made. Why we resisted the urge to "improve" the formula for export.
Read moreHarvest updates, export guidance, and the occasional pricing breakdown, sent when there's something worth saying, not on a schedule.
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