Feeding your chocolate addiction has never felt better with the Taza Chocolate company. The chocolatiers produce their sweets from hand-carved stone mills in Oaxacan, Mexico. The mill was discovered by Alex Whitmore when he was on vacation.
The company purchases organic, sustainably-grown nuts from local farmer's. After the nuts are hand roasted, they are coated luxuriously in 55% stone ground chocolate. The company is inspired by the passion for Mexican chocolate and the industry surrounding the production from bean to bar.
Taza Chocolate has created a Direct Trade Certified Cacao program which creates face-to-face relationships with farmers. This relationship allows the company to purchase the highest quality cacao and pay the farmers a premium well above fair trade prices.
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Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Hand-carved Stone Mills
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Exploring the use of hand-carved stone mills in other food processing industries.
- Sustainable Farming Practices
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Applying eco-friendly growing methods to other agricultural industries.
- Direct Trade Certification
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating face-to-face relationships with producers in other supply chains to ensure quality and fair prices.
Where This Applies
- Food Processing
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introducing traditional processing methods, like hand-carved stone mills, in the food industry to enhance flavor and texture.
- Agriculture
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Implementing sustainable farming practices in the agricultural industry to promote environmental sustainability.
- Supply Chain Management
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Adopting direct trade certification practices in various supply chains to ensure fair pricing and support local producers.
