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Ecuador · Since 2015

Cacao
fino de
aroma.

Ten years in Ecuador. Three ethnic communities, ten organisations, one methodology. The cacao that arrives is the cacao we know.

+10Years in Ecuador
2%Cacao fino de aroma
10Organisations

Who we are

Built on facts.
Moving forward.

Training session with producers in Ecuador
Producer training · Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Coacao was founded in June 2015 as a business model. Three years of weekend training before moving a single bean. Producers who once sold below cost to intermediaries now run their own organisations and negotiate with dignity.

Today ten organisations operate across Ecuador, three ethnic communities — Afro-Ecuadorian, Chachi, Montubios — and a post-harvest process of 10 to 15 days. Not because it is simple, but because that is what fine-flavor cacao demands.

"Collaboration and support are not passive forms — they trace new ways of understanding life, in full respect of one another."

Gaetano Servidio, founder
Coacao
01

Human capital

Before quality, before export — people. Coacao invests in skills, associative methods and productivity because without identity there is no sustainable development.

02

Traceability

Every batch has a name, an origin, a face. From the plantation to the chocolatier's lab: nothing is anonymous.

03

Innovation

Restoration of ancient plantations, improvement of post-harvest techniques, selected hybrids alongside traditional varieties. Progress without abandoning the roots.

04

Selected clients

Non vendiamo a tutti. Scegliamo partner che capiscono cosa c'è dietro ogni grano e costruiscono una relazione stabile nel lungo periodo.

Why Coacao

A structured partner,
not a catalogue.

01

Verified fine flavor

Nacional Arriba, Criollo, selected hybrids. The aromatic profile is the result of variety and process, not a marketing promise.

02

Consortium model

Ten organisations under a structured umbrella. Continuity, volume and supply chain coherence.

03

Selected clients

Coacao chooses who to work with. The relationship is stable because it is chosen in both directions.

Container cacao · notte al porto

Port of Guayaquil · Ecuador

Containers ready for shipment to Europe

"

For more than ten years we have held to the same values, the same choices, the same way of operating. The market changes. Our identity does not.

Gaetano Servidio — Founder

For chocolatiers, importers and distributors

Shall we work together?

You can request a sample with full technical data sheet. Write to us by email: we will get back to you with everything you need to assess the product.

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Press

Coacao in the media

Ottenove · 2020

Gaetano Servidio: the best sustainable cacao from Ecuador

From NGO to business: the story of an Italian man and five Ecuadorian associations of fine-flavor cacao growers.

Gazzetta del Sud · 2022

From Bonifati to Ecuador for the nectar of the gods

Eight Ecuadorian associations of fine cacao growers now operate in organised form. They no longer negotiate on their knees with intermediaries.

Compagnia del Cioccolato

Journey through the cacao of Ecuador

An expert chocolatier visits Gaetano Servidio in Esmeraldas. Three hours by canoe to reach the Chachi communities and discover Nacional and Criollo varieties.

Bullone · 2022

Passion and willpower: how one man helped those in need

Gaetano Servidio's story told by Bullone: how one person's determination can change the living conditions of an entire community.

A long-term partnership

Since 2018, Cioccolato Maglio from Lecce — one of Italy's historic artisan chocolate houses — has worked with Coacao. Their chocolate made with our cacao won an international award. We mention this not as a showcase, but as proof of what a stable, honest relationship between a producer and a chocolatier can generate over time. This is the kind of collaboration Coacao seeks with all its clients.

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