Don Cacao is a Peruvian cocoa bean company started by local farmers in Piura, Peru to market their high quality cocoa beans globally. Their vision is to establish Peruvian cocoa as a symbol of culture, excellence and quality in Peruvian and international markets. They aim to maximize value for clients and providers. The company collects beans 6 times monthly directly from farms, paying some farmers in advance and donating profits to local schools. Their beans come from recognized high quality genetics in Piura and follow proper harvesting, fermentation, drying and storage procedures.

1. Don Cacao
Manaces, a local farmer in Piura, Peru, Nelson, nephew of many other cocoa
farmers & Hector, his cousin, started this project to take Solumbre’s cocoa to the
global market because it is the right thing to do.
Vision
To establish peruvian cocoa beans in the peruvian & international market as a
symbol of culture, excellence and high quality.
Mission
To satisfy the high quality cocoa beans demand maximizing the added value to
our clients and providers.

2. Cocoa beans from Piura, Peru
It is known that quality of cocoa beans relies on two key factors: genetics &
procedures. It has actually been determinate that 50% of the quality relies on
genetics and the other 50% on procedures.
Our beans have both factors covered:
(1) Genetics: Piura’s cocoa beans have been recognized as one of the best in
the world and has won contests such as the V Concurso Nacional de Cacao.
(2) Procedures: Don Cocoa follows the proven principales in the industry that
assure an effective harvesting, fermentation, drying and storage.
As seen on The New York Times, Reuters and International Chocolate Awards

3. Trust Commitment: The Real Fair Trade
Don Cacao is a family local business that was started to add value to life of
the local farmers, to the community in general and specially to Solumbre’s
(located in Chulucanas, Piura)
Before Don Cacao, smalls farmers were selling their production to
the local market without doing the fermentation and drying process. Thus, the
price they were getting from it was really low. Smalls farmers could not sell their
cocoa beans to other organizations because they were far away, Don Cacao is
located in the farm itself.

4. Trust Commitment: The Real Fair Trade
ü We collect our beans 6 times a month what give the farmers the chance to harvest when
their production when it is ready that way they have the money when they need it and we take care of
the quality of the beans
ü We pick the cocoa beans directly from the farms so that the farmers don’t need to
spend time and money taking it to the fermentation center, this also give us the chance to control the
quality better
ü We pay in advance to some local farmers when they need it, the amount depends in
their level of production and their commitment to the quality of their beans.
ü We donate 10% of the profits to the local school so that children can have a better
education and can have a better quality of life in the future
ü We provide technical assitance so that we the farmers can icrease their production and get
more money out of their lands

5. High quality Cocoa beans
ü We have standardized out procedures so that we have the same
quality every time
ü Altough we do not have the organic ceritification, we follow the
same principals because we plan to get the certification in the future
ü We supervise the harvesting process
and control the collecting, fermentation
and drying process

6. Our product: Dry fermented Cocoa beans
u Fermantion rate 70%
u Humidity 7%
u Weight 0.95gr
u Porcelana (white) 30%
We
collect from 35 farmers throughout the whole year.
produce around 10-15 thousand kilos from – December to June
7- 9 thousand kilos from – June to November
Price
$ 3.50 (USD) per Kilogram - Exworks -

7. Thank You
We are looking forward to hear from you
really soon and serve you so we can both
enhace people’s lives trought our delicious
products!
Our farmers want to thank you as well

8. Links
Location of Solumbre in google maps:
http://www.doncacao.pe/#!ourcocabeans/c1mz5
Our farmers thank you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkCDhZ8K7gc
Video of one of our reunion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Kq2ahPcCEfeature=youtu.be
New York Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/dining/12chocolate.html?_r=1
Reuters article
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/07/09/us-cocoa-peru-idUSTRE66863120100709
International Chocolate Awards
http://www.internationalchocolateawards.com/2012/10/world-final-2012-winners/