Chocoa

Chocoa Good cocoa, better chocolate. Daar gaat Chocoa over. Goede cacao omdat het duurzaam is en omdat het een speciale cacaosoort is, rijk van smaak.

Good cocoa, better chocolate🍫
Meet the world of sustainable cocoa🌱
📢 Conference, Networking & more
🔜 See you in 2027 🚀
🗓️15-21 February 2027⤵️
https://www.chocoa.nl/ Chocoa wordt gehouden in Amsterdam, de stad met wereldwijd het hoogste volume van cacaoverwerking en de grootste haven voor opslag en afhandeling van cacao.

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Good cocoa because it is produced sustainably and/or because it is a s

pecial variety that brings fine flavours. Chocoa will be held in Amsterdam, the city with the world's largest volume of cocoa processing and the world's largest port for handling and storage of cocoa.

TBT from the team at ShowColat 🍫 🇫🇷 in Bordeaux, May 1–3, 2026 🇪🇺This year, our team attended as participants and suppor...
29/05/2026

TBT from the team at ShowColat 🍫 🇫🇷 in Bordeaux, May 1–3, 2026 🇪🇺

This year, our team attended as participants and supporters of this wonderful event organized by the European Bean To Bar Chocolate Association. It was an inspiring opportunity to connect with passionate makers, discover exceptional chocolates and continue building meaningful relationships within the bean-to-bar community.

Now, we are already preparing for the next chapter at Chocoa in Amsterdam🇳🇱
📍 February 15–21, 2027

Excited for what is coming!!

🌍🤝 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Chocoa x ACFIF 2026We are proud to announce our partnership with the Africa Cocoa Finance &...
06/05/2026

🌍🤝 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Chocoa x ACFIF 2026

We are proud to announce our partnership with the Africa Cocoa Finance & Investment Forum (ACFIF) 2026 — a key platform driving the future of cocoa in Africa.

At Chocoa and Amsterdam Cocoa Week, we remain committed to building a more sustainable, transparent and equitable cocoa sector. This collaboration strengthens our mission to connect global leaders, promote responsible trade and create lasting impact across the cocoa value chain.

In the picture one of our Directors, Mariana De La Rosa, with Fuad Mohammed Abubakar Managing Director of Ghana Cocoa Marketing Company UK Ltd. & Lead Convenor of Africa Cocoa Finance & Investment Forum (ACFIF) in the forum in London, contributing to the dialogue on investment, sustainability and the future of cocoa.

📍 London Stock Exchange
📅 May 6, 2026
https://www.acfif.org/

Save the date for Amsterdam Cocoa Week 2027 15-21 Feb as we continue shaping the future of cocoa together kicking off in London.

Jack Steijn, is the first one to arrive at ShowColat from the .nl Team 🍫 — the International Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Festi...
29/04/2026

Jack Steijn, is the first one to arrive at ShowColat from the .nl Team 🍫 — the International Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Festival in Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷, taking place from 1-3 of May 2026.

Organized by the European Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Association, this event brings together industry professionals, makers and innovators from across Europe 🇪🇺.

Looking forward to connecting, exchanging ideas and exploring new opportunities

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♀️ Dans les communautés cacaoyères d’Afrique de l’Ouest et d’Afrique centrale, les femmes jouent un rôle essentiel dans la construction d'un avenir où chaque enfant peut apprendre, grandir et s'épanouir.

Grâce aux groupes d'épargne, les femmes renforcent leur indépendance financière, diversifient les revenus du ménage, favorisent la scolarisation et renforcent les systèmes de protection de l'enfance au niveau communautaire. Leurs actions, qui sont souvent discrètes et invisibles, font une différence considérable dans la protection des enfants et la lutte contre le travail des enfants.

À l'occasion de cette Journée internationale des femmes, la Fondation ICI rend hommage aux femmes dont la résilience renforce des communautés entières.

Cette journée nous rappelle que les femmes doivent disposer des droits, de la voix et du soutien nécessaires pour agir, prendre des décisions et saisir des opportunités sur un pied d'égalité. Grâce à des initiatives qui renforcent la participation économique, le leadership et l'engagement communautaire des femmes, la Fondation ICI veille à ce que les femmes et les filles des communautés cacaoyères puissent pleinement exercer et j***r de ces droits afin de contribuer à un changement durable.

Comment la promotion de l'égalité des genres peut lutter contre le travail des enfants ? En savoir plus 👉 https://bit.ly/4gpzmM7

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Here are some chocolate trends I’ve noticed looking at my stash from Chocoa (and remembering what I saw in person at the festival):

☕ Supremacy of TEA, COFFEE & RUM inclusions 🥃
The bestsellers, the must-haves, the conversation starters.

People don’t stop at the trendy matcha and hojicha anymore, but venture further into oolongs and lapsang souchongs. Coffees are never anonymous: the partnership with a local roaster is a given on the packaging. And how not to love rum bars? As always, the choice is to highlight local producers for the quintessence of single-origin bars that celebrate the roots of their creators.

🌍 AFRICAN ORIGINS defeat all prejudices 🌴
From Ivory Coast to Malawi, from Cameroon to Ghana.

Specialty cacao is not relegated to specific terroirs anymore, but it’s born in the hands of farmers who care (no matter where they are in the world). Lots of chocolate made with cacao from different African countries demonstrated complex flavor profiles, aromatic nuances, intense fruitiness and the absolute lack of defects. Excluding African origins from the specialty conversation is so 2017!

🍫 100% BARS (but with a twist) 💯
Never a dull moment, even without the sugar.

Goodbye tasteless and brittle cacao bars! Now even the 100% come with twists and turns to entertain and keep attention high, from added cacao pulp to cocoa nibs sprinkled on top. Both texture and flavor can’t be left to chance when it comes to these delicate bars. And the cacao has nowhere to hide here, so it must be excellent.

☕ CEREMONIAL CACAO is everywhere ✨
Love it, hate it or debate it. But it’s here to stay.

“Our customers constantly asked for it, so we gave it to them”. Chocolate brands that never even thought about having ceremonial cacao in their assortment, this year had it proudly displayed and advertised. Easy to make (it’s 100% pure cacao paste after all) and trendier than ever, ceremonial cacao grabs a new audience that can be extremely fruitful for chocolate makers.

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02/03/2026

Never been to a more emotional Award Ceremony 😭

Talented cacao farmers from all over the world reunited in Amsterdam for the Cacao of Excellence competition on the Chocoa stage.

50 cacao farms that have courageously chosen quality over quantity (not a simple choice nowadays). They perfected the post-harvest processes, planted the most flavorful varieties and refined their farm management skills until their cacao tasted like an international award winner.

You should have been there.

The screams of joy, the tears of accomplishment, the photos proudly sent back to the family at home, the heartwarming stories from the farms ❤️

As part of the Cacao of Excellence Jury, it was a true honor for me to announce one of the GOLD winners, PT Kudeungoe Sugata from Indonesia, to which I blindly assigned my highest score!

Cheers to all the winners 🥂

01/03/2026

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Damrak 349
Amsterdam
1012ZJ

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Maandag 09:00 - 17:00
Dinsdag 09:00 - 17:00
Woensdag 09:00 - 17:00
Donderdag 09:00 - 17:00
Vrijdag 09:00 - 17:00

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