NW Chocolate Festival 2025

It is remarkable how connecting with the land and the cocoa producers directly influences the quality of the chocolate we create.

Semilla Escuela de Cacao y Chocolate has established six School Laboratories in Nicaragua's cocoa-producing regions, offering producers, cooperatives, and their communities the opportunity to evaluate both harvest and post-harvest results.

We bring together passionate individuals through transformation. Our students, who are trained as chocolatiers under the Bean to Bar philosophy, work closely with the cocoa produced in the areas where we operate. This ongoing evaluation, facilitated through the chocolates we craft at the school, fosters a deep connection with the producers.

Our school is a hub where lives are transformed through cocoa and chocolate."