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Buy Cocoa in Africa  A decade ago, two friends with a love of old cars and muddy adventures gave their names to a crazy idea: Sucam , Company de Chocolat. Since then that seed has grown into a company that spans continents and touches the lives of hundreds, even thousands of people. Sucam feels a deep sense of responsibility to the farmers and fermenters who have taken time to learn from them and agreed to more labor-intensive methods to produce Buy Cocoa in Africa meeting the highest quality standards. Sucam ’s sourcing philosophy is centered around long-term relationships with producers. All the Buy Cocoa in Africa  is sourced by Sucam directly from the same small farmers and fermenters they’ve been working with for the past 10 years. Together they have learned how to control fermentation in each province to achieve the consistent bold flavors. The backbone of this relationship is mutual honesty and long-term commitment. Just as in any family relationship.

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Tien Giang province is the gateway to the Mekong Delta. Motorbikes and trucks laden with fruit, crabs, or rice, make their way to the city of My Tho, and from there on 70 km to HCMC. Everything grows in the rich alluvial soil – dragon fruit, longan, star apples, mango, guava and of course cacao. Even the irrigation canals that flow between rows of trees can be used for farming fish. For many years the district of Cho Gao benefited from a strong cacao growing program, having a rare cacao cooperative. This enabled Marou to follow-up on fermentation directly, and pay more for quality cacao. Marou supports 5 cacao fermenters in this region. Cacao farms here are under threat from rising salinity. The causes are partially climate change (longer dry seasons and rising sea levels) but more importantly dams and sediment mining of the Mekong river upstream. During the especially long dry season from late 2019 to mid 2020, seawater spread up the delta rivers 30-40km farther than average. This drought and saltwater intrusion damaged cacao trees on many farms. Marou is working with farmers to buy cacao seedlings for those who want to replant, and looking into what can be done to protect trees in the future.

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Buy Cocoa in Africa Sucam Company  is located In Africa (Cameroon), this coastal land is sunny and drier than the Mekong Delta. Cacao here grows in the shade of jackfruit, pomelo, water apples and black pepper. Marou works here with 6 cacao fermenters, who have shown dedication to understanding and improving both their farms and fermentation. The strong sun and wind help fermented cacao dry in record time, which contributes to the signature fruity notes. Farmers also use the cacao juice to make a home-brewed cacao wine that tastes like brandy after aging for a year. Some have even found a way to raise goats by feeding them chopped up cacao husks. The local government has selected cacao as a crop to encourage small farmers to grow, so in 2019 three hundred hectares of cacao were planted. Marou has contributed financially to help one fermenter build new fermentation boxes and drying racks.