In 2014, Stefan and Chanthol planted the first cacao trees in Cambodia's history, near the Bu Sra waterfall in Mondulkiri. Nobody had grown cacao in the country before. There was no playbook, no local expertise, no guarantee the trees would take.
Today the estate spans 100+ hectares including partner farmers, growing Trinitario and Forastero across 19 sub-varietals, fully machine-graded, lab-tested, and shipped direct from the farm to chocolate makers worldwide.
The first cacao trees ever planted in Cambodia go into volcanic soil near the Bu Sra waterfall, Mondulkiri.
Beans go to the Malaysian Cocoa Board’s Analytical Services Laboratory. Cadmium comes back at 0.04 mg/kg, below the EU's lowest limit for chocolate products, 0.10 mg/kg, alongside 59.4% fat and 60.7 mg GAE/g total phenolics.
Cambodia is the world's 67th cacao origin. Grade SMC 1 certified under MS 2672:2017, certified by the World Sustainability Organisation, buyers on three continents.
Every batch is graded Grade SMC 1 under MS 2672:2017 by Lembaga Koko Malaysia, and independently analysed by the Malaysian Cocoa Board's Analytical Services Laboratory. Certified by the World Sustainability Organisation (Friend of the Earth, Sustainable Agriculture) through December 2026. Every bag is labelled with batch, harvest date and grade.
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The Cacao Farmers Association Rattanakiri & Mondulkiri, a non-profit association of cacao farmers in Cambodia's northeast, founded in 2019.
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From selective harvest to 6–7 days of box fermentation and slow drying, refined with fermentation expert Prof. Dr. Albertus Eskes.
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Trinitario × Forastero hybrids that have developed into 19 sub-varieties in Mondulkiri.
Our 19 varieties →