Öko Caribe

Dominican Republic

ÖKO CARIBE

This is an award winning cacao, highly flexible and and consistently produces well-balanced flavors.

Nestled in the heart of the Duarte province in the Dominican Republic, Öko-Caribe's central fermentation is a gem of a supplier.

With more than 50 years of combined experience in cacao, owners Adriano de Jesus Rodriguez and Gualberto Acebey Torrejon have fine-tuned their systems to ensure consistent, superior quality in their 500+ tons of annual production. Öko Caribe maintains close relationships with its 165 farmers through tehcnical training, in agronomic practices and organic certification. In addition, owners Adriano and Gualberto have personal relationships with all farmers, offering microfinance loans for cacao-related expenses, as well as personal loans for family emergencies or other community needs. The loyalty betweenÖko Caribe and the farmers they work with is not only evidenced in daily interactions between staff, management and farmers, but also in their best-in-class, award winning final product.

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TERROIR

The Öko Caribe producer network farms are scattered across the Duarte province. Characterized by fertile, clay loam soils and lush tropical rainforest, Duarte and the surrounding region of El Cibao are where the majority of cacao is produced in the Dominican Republic. The Cordillera Septentrional, a mountain range that runs parallel to the north cost of the Dominican Republic and which reaches up to 1,250m in altitude, crosses through Duarte running just north of Pimentel, where the
Öko Caribe post-harvest facility is located. Cacao was introduced to the island of Hispaniola, which encompasses both the Dominican Republic and Haiti, at the end of the 16th century and beginning of the 17th century. The current genetic mix includes Trinitarios, Ecuadorian Nacionales, Venezuelan Criollo, and hybrids that are primarily mixes of Trinitarios and Nacional.

Nestled in the heart of the Duarte province in the Dominican Republic, Öko-Caribe's central fermentation is a gem of a supplier.

With more than 50 years of combined experience in cacao, owners Adriano de Jesus Rodriguez and Gualberto Acebey Torrejon have fine-tuned their systems to ensure consistent, superior quality in their 500+ tons of annual production. Öko Caribe maintains close relationships with its 165 farmers through tehcnical training, in agronomic practices and organic certification. In addition, owners Adriano and Gualberto have personal relationships with all farmers, offering microfinance loans for cacao-related expenses, as well as personal loans for family emergencies or other community needs. The loyalty betweenÖko Caribe and the farmers they work with is not only evidenced in daily interactions between staff, management and farmers, but also in their best-in-class, award winning final product.

Download 2023 ÖKO CARIBE Transparency Data

TERROIR

The Öko Caribe producer network farms are scattered across the Duarte province. Characterized by fertile, clay loam soils and lush tropical rainforest, Duarte and the surrounding region of El Cibao are where the majority of cacao is produced in the Dominican Republic. The Cordillera Septentrional, a mountain range that runs parallel to the north cost of the Dominican Republic and which reaches up to 1,250m in altitude, crosses through Duarte running just north of Pimentel, where the
Öko Caribe post-harvest facility is located. Cacao was introduced to the island of Hispaniola, which encompasses both the Dominican Republic and Haiti, at the end of the 16th century and beginning of the 17th century. The current genetic mix includes Trinitarios, Ecuadorian Nacionales, Venezuelan Criollo, and hybrids that are primarily mixes of Trinitarios and Nacional.

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2023 Öko Caribe Farmgate price

$2.85 USD

This is the actual price paid to the cacao producer for their product (typically on a per kg or per lb basis) when they sell it to the first buyer.

Farmgate price is often paid for "wet" or fresh cacao, recently harvested and scooped out of cracked pods for sale. Wet cacao loses 60-70% of its weight during fermentation and drying, typically reaching 7-8% humidity before it is sold.

Uncommon calculates farmgate price for each cacao supplier based on the specific weight loss conversion percentage provided to us by the supplier, and we report farmgate price on a per kg dried equivalent basis for all cacao beans we source.

Pictured is Ramon Silverio Disla holding a cacao pod

2023 Öko Caribe FOB price

$4.16 USD

This is the price paid by Uncommon to our partners for cacao transported and loaded onto a ship for export.

Uncommon then covers all of the costs of shipping, freight charges, insurance, import, domestic logistics, warehouse ingestion, customs and duties.

Free on board (FOB) is an international shipping term that represents the seller's responsibility for bringing the cacao over the rails of the export ship.

2023 Öko Caribe Average sales price

$6.48 USD

This is the weighted average price per kg for cacao sold to the premium & ultra premium chocolate makers who purchased it during this year from Uncommon Cacao.