Sacred Water Circle Gathering Fundraiser

This delicious bundle includes:

• Coffee (valued at $15)
• Chocolate Drink Puck (valued at $5)
• Eating Chocolate (valued at $5)

More information on these products and many other delicious items is available here: ChocoSol Traders (http://chocosoltraders.com)

Founded in 2004 in Oaxaca, Mexico, ChocoSol is now in its tenth year. ChocoSol is a learning community/social enterprise that focuses on making the ‘food of the gods’ – commonly known as cacao – into fresh, whole food, stone ground chocolate on an artisanal scale.

Our artisanal chocolate is a symbol that embodies our values of socially just, ecological chocolate made, not only, with a ‘cradle to cradle’ approach, but also, charged with the use of solar energy, bicycle-powered product deliveries, and pedal-powered machines such as bicycle blenders at farmers’ markets and special events.

At ChocoSol, we consider ourselves slow food chocolate makers. Our whole food chocolate is made in small batches on site at our 1131 St. Clair Avenue West location in Toronto. Our chocolate is free of dairy, gluten, soy, nuts, preservatives or additives, and is also vegan. ChocoSol products are also wrapped in compostable and reusable packaging.

The main ingredient used in our chocolate is the organically- and shade-grown cacao bean sourced directly from Indigenous communities and forest gardens in the Lacondon Jungle of Chiapas, Mexico and the Oaxacan mountains of Southern Mexico. Our reciprocal horizontal trade relationships with the farmers go beyond the exchange of commodities, and extend to the exchange of heirloom seedlings, best practices and social enterprise models.

We specialize in both eating chocolate and drinking chocolate (xocolatl), and offer a number of other forest garden foods sourced directly from Mexican farmers such as coffee, cacao nibs, achiote, cinnamon and vanilla pods, among others.

We also use ingredients that are grown in Southern Ontario. The use of these ingredients extends to our corn tortillas, currently sold seasonally in farmers’ markets. Some of our locally sourced ingredients include: hemp seeds, maple sugar, herbs, spices, chilis, vegetables (corn, sprouts, tomatoes), and cheese among other products.

Donated by Dan of ChocoSol Peterborough.