from Kokoa Kamili, Tanzania
Based in the southwestern Tanzanian village of Mbingu, Brian LoBue’s and Simran Bindra’s social enterprise, Kokoa Kamili, buys freshly harvested, unfermented cocoa beans from local smallholder farms and ferments them in a centralized facility. By carefully controlling fermentation and drying, they consistently produce delicious, high-quality beans that fetch a premium price from craft chocolate makers. That premium makes its way back to cacao growers and helps raise the price floor for Tanzanian cocoa.