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Celebrating Cameroon: A Journey Of Cocoa and Long Term Partnerships
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Celebrating Cameroon: A Journey Of Cocoa and Long Term Partnerships

By Jeff Abella

A Journey Back to Our Roots On my recent trip back to Cameroon, I felt as though I was coming home. Ten years ago, we...

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Introducing Sierra Leone Cacao
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Introducing Sierra Leone Cacao

By Faraji Starks

Our commitment to Africa Deepens. With great excitement and anticipation, we are finally ready to present a new single origin cacao source that we have...

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Dominican Cacao: It's Not Just About Great Chocolate!
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Dominican Cacao: It's Not Just About Great Chocolate!

By Faraji Starks

We pay a premium price, on top of an already specialty-priced bean, for every pound of Dominican Republic’s Reserva Zorzal cacao. These beans are incredibly...

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A Year in Review: Moka Highlights of 2018
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A Year in Review: Moka Highlights of 2018

By Faraji Starks

As we excitedly look forward to 2019, we take a moment to recognize our accomplishments in 2018 and honor those who made them possible. We’ve...

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Introducing our Cameroon Chocolate & Story Behind the Bar!
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Introducing our Cameroon Chocolate & Story Behind the Bar!

By Faraji Starks

Cameroon, Africa has been at the heart of our mission since day one. After undertaking educational-based humanitarian projects for over a decade, Moka founders, Ishan...

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The Social Impact of Craft Chocolate
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The Social Impact of Craft Chocolate

By Faraji Starks

Nearly two years after we opened our doors, in September 2018 we unveiled our Impact Dashboard which provides up-to-date statistics from our work in Cameroon,...

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Origin Story: Cameroon Mt Oku Coffee
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Origin Story: Cameroon Mt Oku Coffee Part 2

By Faraji Starks

Cameroon stole our hearts. For over a decade, Moka’s founders have worked alongside communities in different parts of Cameroon, slowly developing an understanding of the...

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SPRING UPDATE
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SPRING UPDATE

By Faraji Starks

As you may have noticed, we haven’t posted on our blog since the new year… but all for good reason. Because of you, those who...

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Breaking Ground in Cameroon, Africa
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Breaking Ground in Cameroon, Africa

By Jeff Abella

Moka Origins co-founders Ishan Tigunait and Jeff Abella planted Moka Farms in 2015 after working with the Himalayan Institute Cameroon (a Not For Profit Organization)...

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