The origin of Baianí’s chocolate is the specialty cacao produced at our farm Vale Potumuju located in the municipality of Arataca in the state of Bahia. Good quality cacao beans can guarantee 65% of positive flavor results in chocolate bars. As we control the production of almonds, the quality of the chocolates is guaranteed.

Our cacao is cultivated in the middle of Bahia’s Atlantic Forest, using the Agroforestry system called “Cabruca”. The region holds one of the richest biomes and diversity of Fauna and Flora in the world. We are guardians of this natural wealth that needs to be preserved.

Baianí chocolate bars carry the tradition of the Pinheiro and Aquino families, both part of the cacao farming tradition in Bahia since the end of the 19th Century. Owned by the Pinheiro family since 1973, Santa Rita farm, is where Vale Potumujú is located.

The Bean to Bar process is based on 3 pillars: Sustainability, both social and environmental; Direct and Fair Trade between the farmer and the chocolate maker; and the Chocolate Making process, where the maker uses whole cacao beans and develops his/hers own recipes.

A brand is called Tree to Bar when the chocolate is made by a chocolate maker who also owns the farm where the cacao is sourced from including all agricultural and farming practices and post-harvest activities.