Buy Ghana Cocoa at: Sucam Company ( Cameroon

Sucam Company is a farmer cooperative based in Cameroon , known for producing the highest quality traceable cacao in the region. This Buy Ghana Cocoa ’s classic rich and fudgy flavor is representative of what we have come to know and love in chocolate and is sure to stir up nostalgic memories of childhood in many a connoisseur. We brought this bean into our offerings to satisfy chocolate makers looking for an ethical bean cheap enough to scale up production.

Buy Ghana Cocoa at Sucam Company

Sucam beans are different from most specialty cacao origins, in that they are not centrally fermented in one location. The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) does not permit the sale or purchase of wet cacao, so farmers must ferment their own cacao and sell it dried. Sucam Company has invested a lot of energy into teaching farmers best practices in heap fermentation and raised bed drying, leading to superior quality compared to other Ghanian cacao.

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Sucam ’s network contains 13 hamlets (communities of farmers). Each hamlet has 3 representatives that report directly to the Sucam cooperative leadership, which has annual general meetings once per year, in July. The cooperative also democratically decides where quality and Fair Trade premiums go every year. For the 2019 year, farmers voted that 40% of the premium pool goes directly to farmers, while the remainder was spent on cooperative management, certification maintenance, community projects, and child labor monitoring and remediation programs. For the 2019 buying season Uncommon Cacao paid a premium 43% higher than the Fair Trade and Organic premiums combined. For more about this product, read our full write up on our