The finest chocolate is made from the world’s rarest, most flavorful cacao beans. These beans grow in equatorial rainforests (and not, as some people have been led to believe, in Belgium).  But the forests that give our planet its greatest biodiversity are disappearing at an alarming rate.

Original Beans was founded on the simple idea that what we consume we must replenish.  We attempt to do just that and we hope you join us… after you have fallen in love with the world’s finest chocolate.

For every bar you buy, local community farmers plant a tree that will support the forest; not just rare cacao trees, but a mix of trees necessary for lively biodiversity. Each Original Beans bar contains a lot number, which designates the location of a new tree so that you can track your contribution.

Active replanting is the best buffer to protect old, primary rainforests. As we plant tens of thousands of trees, we curb the farmers’ need to slash and burn the forest for fuel and food. Together we measure the effect of our replanting on wildlife, vegetation, and soils.  New cacao trees generate revenue for the farmers already after three years, and diverse tree plantings are an investment into future income.

So enjoy the taste of chocolate made from the world’s finest beans. Please visit our blog where you can see the recovering forests and meet the farmers who sustain them.  We would love to hear from you.