Jonas Rosales

Cocoa Sourcing and Sustainability at Islands Chocolate, and

European Partnerships for Semilla Escuela de Cacao in Nicaragua

"Insights on Central American cacao and chocolate with a focus on Nicaragua"

Nicaragua has quietly become one of fine-flavour cocoa's most compelling frontiers. Drawing on three years of direct sourcing relationships with cooperatives and producers across the country, Jonas will explore what makes this origin so unique: its history, its people, and the developments in farming, processing, and sustainability that are reshaping its place in the global cocoa conversation. He'll close with the signals worth watching as the region continues to evolve.​