About Minka Chocolates

About Minka Chocolates

About Minka Chocolates

About Minka Chocolates

About Minka Chocolates

Minka Gourmet Chocolates are among the richest, most flavorful fine chocolates in existence. The story of this chocolate is steeped in history and strengthened by deep roots. Jorge and Cristina Martinez, the founders of Minka Ecuadorian Cocoa, went searching for the perfect place to create the greatest chocolate in the world, and they found it in their native Ecuador. These chocolates come from a beautiful corner in the south of the province of Guayas. There, in a fertile ravine, next to the Naranjal river, the land remains green year round. It is the ideal host to theobroma cacao. Theobroma cacao is the scientific name for the fruit that bears Ecuadorian cacao beans. “Theobroma” is Greek for “Food of the Gods”. One taste of Minka Chocolate, and we think you’ll find it a fitting term! This land has been tilled for centuries by experts, who gained their ancestral knowledge honestly, as it was passed down from grandparents to parents and from parents to children. In fact, the first known cacao trees originated in Ecuador! Ancient practices have been carefully cultivated over time and lovingly passed on to the harvests. Canopies filled with fine cocoa are expertly fermented, dried in the sun at the perfect pace, and cared for until the ideal flavor is captured. Minka, a proud Ecuadorian company, works in the cocoa world as its predecessors did before them, surrounding itself with a committed community, all sharing the same vision of caring and honest work. Read their story