Krak Chocolate - Colombia Sierra Nevada - Milk Chocolate

The Sierra Nevada is a majestic mountain range in the northern part of Colombia, bordering the beautiful beaches of the Caribbean coast and reaching up to 18,700 feet high. Cacao de Colombia recently installed a state-of-the-art fermentation and drying centre in the lower community of Macondo, where they mainly source cocoa from about 10 farming families in the Magdalena department.

The technical expertise of these farmers is excellent: farmers even do their own pollination experiments to improve quality and yields, which are currently around 700 kg/ha in the region. Cacao de Colombia has been providing technical support and a stable market to farmers in the Sierra Nevada for the past six years, and the results are clear in both cocoa quality and impact on farmers. Farmers report a 72% higher annual income than before this new market existed.