Infrastructure Update
October 5, 2024We're making significant investments in property plant and equipment upgrades at Finca Chocoat in 2024 and wanted to do a…
Cordia Alliodora (Salmwood)
September 30, 20242024 is the first year we spawned and grew all of our Salmwood onsite in Finca Chocolat's nursery and we…
Cacao Under Canopy
September 20, 2024It is impossible to get a feel for the scale of Finca Chocolat without putting on boots and spending a…
Planting Season!
September 4, 2024The crew has been under-brushing, running lines, staking out and opening holes for the last few months in preparation for…
Cacao Demand > Supply (again)
August 31, 2024While Finca Chocolat is in the Specialty Cacao market the continued shortfall in worldwide supply for cacao as outlined below…
Lemongrass Expansion & Distillation
August 29, 2024In 2022, we experimented with lemongrass cultivation at Finca Chocolat, planting a small test area to see how it would…
New Fermentation Facility
July 8, 2024As our cacao trees mature at Finca Chocolat and production increases we are stretching the limits of the fermentation facility…
Rupert’s Favorite Tree
July 6, 2024It has become a bit of a joke that Rupert, Finca Chocolat's Farm Manager, has a "favorite tree". This is…
Sorted & Ready to Ship
July 5, 2024The last 4 tons of cacao from the 2024 season is sorted and ready to ship to the U.S. This…
Lemongrass Expansion
July 1, 2024With the onset of the rainy season, it is time to divide and replant our Cymbopogon flexuosus. This is not…
Farmer Aid
July 1, 2024Part of the history and cultural traditions of many farmers in southern Belize is based around "slash and burn" agriculture.…
Dwarf Coconut Trees
June 28, 2024At times we plant for 'farm use' as much as for future sales. In this case we recently planted 100…
Biochar Production
June 18, 2024While many of our neighbors burn most of the organic matter on their land we process everything we can into…
2024 Nursery Update
June 15, 2024The nursery is coming along beautifully this year! As we do every year we have 15,000 cacao started that will…
Distillation Unit for Lemongrass – Arrival
June 13, 2024It has been months in the making, literally as these units are hand made in the U.S. per our specifications…
Sawdust & Prep Work
June 12, 2024It is always interesting to see what guests focus on when they visit Finca Chocolat. The trees are impressive to…
LAC Flavors Brazil 2024
June 5, 2024BelTraide invited Finca Chocolat to participate in the LAC Flavors conference in Manaus, Brazil and we were honored to be…
Vanilla
May 28, 2024Along with turmeric and cardamom we have been training our staff and testing vanilla cultivation at Finca Chocolat since 2022.…
Cacao Season Close ’24
May 27, 2024It is May 27 and we are drying our last batch of cacao for the 2024 season. This has been…
