Conexión Chocolate, founded by Jenny Samaniego in 2016, was rebranded as “Conexión” from its original name, Chukulat, to pay homage to its mission of ‘connecting’ local cacao farmers with lovers of fine Ecuadorian chocolate. Conexión, making its chocolate at origin, works directly with cocoa farm...

Jenny Samaniego, owner of Conexion chocolate, is on a mission to create a different kind of business model. When she launched her company in 2016 in Quito, Ecuador, she had a vision to create a true collaboration, not only with the people behind the cultivation of cocoa, but also the chocolatiers...

Sinopsis El curso tiene una duración de dieciséis horas distribuidas en dos días y ha sido planificado de manera integral abarcando temas iniciales como el origen del cacao y sus variedades hasta temas más complejos como el proceso de transformación del cacao ecuatoriano en bombón, el curso se en...

::: [En Español] ::: Estamos muy emocionados de haber recibido estos 7 PREMIOS DE LA ACADEMIA DE CHOCOLATE! ??? celebramos esto con nuestro país, gente y seguidores en todo el mundo. Felicidades a todos los ganadores. Salud por Ecuador! ????? academia de chocolate pro ecuador #conexionchocolate c...

Jody Hayden and Jenny Samaniego met in 2010 in Ecuador. Hayden was leading a cacao harvest tour for her friend, Mimi Wheeler, founder of Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate in Empire. At the time Hayden was working for Peace Coffee, a fair-trade coffee company in Minneapolis. Samaniego, a native of Ecua...

::: [English] ::: On the night of Tuesday, November 21, the sixth edition of the Chocolate Ecuador Awards was held, a seal of quality delivered by the Ecuadorian Society of Professional Tasters to Ecuadorian bars. This year 130 participating bars were analyzed, 20 won the gold and silver bar awar...