The Good Kind Of Chocolate

All Filipino bean-to-bar company Auro creates its sweet masterpieces through cooperation with local cocoa bean farmers

- Zara Jean Franco

MANY OF US ARE FOND of eating luxury chocolates from other countries. Whether it’s from Belgium, Switzerland, or Italy, we can’t help it—it’s just hard to say no. But the thing is, this kind of guilty pleasure is what actually blinds us from seeing the potential of our own cacao. But with a little knowledge about the uniqueness of our own beans (produced with a lot of blood and sweat from local farmers), we could find better chocolates here. This is what drove Jacqueline Go, Kelly Go, and Mark Ocampo to build Auro Chocolate—to sustainably create quality luxury chocolates that we can proudly call ours, and at the same time empower local Filipino farmers.

DISCOVERING CRIOLLO DOWN SOUTH