Our Story

EMKAO produces premium quality, traceable, and sustainable cocoa ingredients. We source our beans from villages in Cameroon, Equatorial Africa, where we work with smallholder farmers to harvest the best quality cocoa beans.

Our story dates back to 1892, when cacao was brought to Cameroon from the tropical regions of South America. Over a century later, Cameroon's 5,000 small-scale farmers make the country the world's fifth largest producer of cacao.

We are proud to be part of this legacy. For generations, our family has been refining the art of growing, harvesting, and fermenting cocoa at Kotou Farm, located in the Méfou-et-Afamba region of Cameroon. As we perfected our process and reached the highest standards of sustainable and ethical cocoa production, we decided to share the rich, unique flavors of our cacao with North American chocolatiers.