Mashpi Chococafe: coffee chocolate bar, Ecuador

From the Maker:  Love coffee? Love chocolate? Meet your new favorite: our unique bar that's almost like having your morning coffee, minus the warmth of a steaming cup of Joe! Made with our Cacao Nacional Fino de Aroma cocoa butter and coffee from our sibling project RESERVA INTILLACTA, this bar packs a caffeine punch—equivalent to one shot of espresso per square. So, savor it slowly, though it's so delicious, it might not last!

Cacao content: Only contains cacao butter - no cacao solids here! 

Ingredients: Coffee*, Cacao butter*, Raw cane sugar*

Cacao Origin and variety: Mashpi Shungo - Ecuador. Cacao Nacional Fino de Aroma

Coffee Origin and variety: Finca Intillacta - Ecuador. Arabica and Caturra

*Regenerative Ingredients

Mashpi’s Story:

Mashpi is the name of a river, a valley and the community we are part of. We are a family project with the participation of neighbors in the community.

More than a decade ago we started a forest conservation and restoration project. In the search to generate a healthy and sustainable environment in the Chocó bioregion, we decided to create regenerative systems of organic agriculture and similar forestry, rescuing the national fine aroma cocoa, one of the best cocoa in the world.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

We carry out our daily activities following the rhythms of nature. We are studying and trying to restore the natural cycles of soil, water and environment. We believe that Permaculture provides tools that allow us to transform society towards a more just way of living among humans and other beings that inhabit this planet.”