Chocolate Collective Canada

07/12/2026

Theobroma flowers. Fragile, mysterious, and almost unreal.
Already, their colours and shapes announce the fruit, ... and the chocolate to come.

We are lucky to have crossed their path in the forest.

05/04/2026

04/28/2026

Dick Taylor Chocolate Maker. We're filling whisky barrels with cocoa nibs for a future batch of our Straight Bourbon whisky bar! These nibs will age for a minimum of 6 months to absorb those pronounced oak and bourbon flavours.

04/25/2026

Castronovo Chocolate Maker.

Cacao has been cultivated in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta since pre-Columbian times, revered by Indigenous peoples as a sacred gift.

In this region, communities like the Arhuaco continue to grow this plant as more than a crop. It is a bridge to their ancestors, a keeper of knowledge, and a living expression of culture and territory.

While monoculture and cattle ranching threaten these landscapes, cacao grown under the forest canopy offers another path, one that protects biodiversity, restores soil and water systems, and keeps forests standing.

In partnership with Castronovo Chocolate, the Amazon Conservation Team supports this regenerative approach, where ancestral knowledge and sustainable practices come together.

Purchase the Chocolate Bar Arhuacos and give back to Amazonian communities: amazonteam.org/gifts-that-give-back