Bolivia Organic Hot Chocolate

Single Origin Hot Chocolate

Our organic hot chocolate is from the El Ceibo Cooperative in Bolivia and is made with 40% cocoa. It’s much closer to raw chocolate as it’s non-alkalized – this gives it a complex, malty flavour and a warm reddish colour. Grown and processed locally on site, more of the profit stays with the workers and their families. The El Ceibo group comprises 47 co-ops and, because there is no need for intermediaries, it gives farmers a better price for their cocoa. 

The cooperative’s innovative and effective management organization has positively impacted the lives of over 1,200 cocao-producing families. Spurred by a foundational understanding of self-reliance and inclusiveness, El Ceibo introduced an assembly system of representation, equal wage policy, leadership rotation pattern, and training programs. In the rotating governing council, half the members change each year. Farmers in the El Ceibo cooperative receive a fair wage, optional job training (such as accounting and pruning through agricultural training called the “Co-Operative Education and Agricultural Extension Division”), and a voice to instruct how the cooperative progresses.

Ingredients: Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (40%)