Welcome to our blog
We aim to use our platform to help makers get to know the farms and producers we partner with and to cultivate a transparent connection.
Balancing in Belize - Maya Mountain Cacao
The Maya Mountain team has mastered the balance between their work in the field with smallholder growers in southern Belize and applying their expertise to the post harvest process at their centra...
The Courageous Team at Cacao Verapaz
“At Cacao Verapaz, we are not just another, ordinary company. We have been pioneers in transparent, associative, and dignified work in communities and indigenous associations that produce cacao in ...
An Interdependent Supply Chain
Hola! to the Maya Mountain Team pictured. Theobroma Cacao trees thrive in biodiverse environments, and so do we as human beings! Each cacao bean that arrives to hands of makers is part of an inte...
Öko Caribe is Passionate About Cacao
With more than 50 years of combined experience in cacao, Öko Caribe owners Adriano de Jesus Rodriguez and Gualberto Acebey Torrejon have fine-tuned their systems to ensure consistent, superior qua...
Transforming the Global Economy
In 2017 we joined the movement to make business a force for good and we use the B Impact Assessment to evaluate our impact performance for the workers, communities, customers, suppliers and the en...
CECAO is Dedicated to Excellence in Ecuador
In 2022 after spending some time in Ecuador learning about the premium cacao production from growers and association team leaders, we began offering Ecuadorian cacao. This is in partnership with C...
Unique cacao from Itenez, Bolivia - Wild Harvest
Itenez Wild Harvest Cacao is an inspirational bean to work with mainly because the flavor is just undeniably delicious! These beans have a very clear and clean bold chocolate backbone accompanied b...
Exploring unique flavors in Single Origin Natural Cocoa Powder
The cocoa powder segment of our industry is a world unto its own. The perception of quality and the characteristics sought by buyers can be completely different from what bean-to-bar or craft choco...
Have you seen our new flavor wheel? This is an exciting tool to help flavormeisters navigate through our cacao offerings! We have had versions of this in the past and are excited to share a new for...
Fair Trade and Transparent Trade
Customers often ask us if we are Fair Trade certified as Uncommon Cacao. We understand why this comes up. Fair Trade labels are widely recognized and the Fair Trade certification organizations have...
Check out our new flavor wheel created by Infantree! We know how important flavor is when making decisions about which beans to use. In all of our customer surveys this is the #1 reason chocolate m...
Cacao Miskito, Honduras: Uncommon's newest offering
La Mosquitia forest, stretching across more than 22,000 sq km of dense jungle in northeastern Honduras and adjacent Nicaragua, represents one of the last remaining conservation strongholds in Centr...
An Inside Look at Cacao Verapaz
Roy (Technical & Quality Manager at CV) conducting a cut test. Hello! Mike here, Supply Chain Manager at Uncommon Cacao. Guatemala is such a fascinating country, I am very fortunate to have rec...
International Women’s Day has come and gone, but we don’t just celebrate women one day a year. We continually recognize them as essential in the cocoa value chain and chocolate industry. Sarah Larw...
Mike (UC Supply Chain Manager) is visiting Belize and Guatemala. We love it when our team gets to spend time together in person! Back Row: Roy, Nikte, Diane, Santiago, Salvador, Serapio, Teddy Fron...
We believe that the difference between traceability and transparency is published and verifiable data for each and every step in our supply chain.
