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Where it comes from matters.

The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is the world's highest coastal mountain range. It rises from the Caribbean shoreline to snow-capped peaks at 5,775 metres. Our cacao grows in the jungle on its lower slopes, a long way from the places that usually supply the world's chocolate.

The pods are harvested by hand by local farmers and Indigenous people. The beans are then hand processed at a co-op facility in the Sierra. It is all one origin, and it all goes out under one name.

Fresh cacao beans halved on a leaf

Nothing is pressed out along the way. The cocoa butter stays in, so what reaches you is the whole bean, full-fat, carrying the character of where it grew. Earthy, complex, and uncompromised.

Cacao pods growing on the tree

Sierra Cacao exists because we believe the distance between grower and drinker should be as short as possible. Kevin, our co-founder, lives in the Sierra. Joe sends every order from Nottingham.

We have someone at source. That is Kevin, and it is not a figure of speech.

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Single-origin cacao from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Hand processed. Nothing added.

Single origin · Hand processed

Lab tested

Our Sierra Nevada cacao was independently tested by an FDA-registered US lab in September 2026. Read the results and the UK limits in our Journal.

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