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What We Carry Home
I’m writing this from the plane, somewhere between Western Australia and home, with that particular kind of exhaustion that comes after being held by people you love. I’ve just finished choir camp with Mamakin Spender, Virginia Bott, Stacia Gonnion and then spent...
Does cacao contain heavy metals?
Yes. Like many plants, cacao can naturally contain trace amounts of metals that occur in soil and the wider environment. That doesn't mean cacao is unsafe. It means that where cacao is grown, how it is cultivated and how it is tested matter. At Living Koko, we believe...
Certified With Care: Why Living Koko Became Kosher Certified
Across many cultures, food carries responsibility. The way we grow, prepare and share food reflects our relationship with one another. Food is more than nourishment. It carries stories, traditions and connection. It carries the hands that grow it, the land it comes...
What Is Ceremonial Cacao? A Samoan Perspective on Vā, Koko and Connection
I get asked this question almost every time I'm at an in-store tasting. .."Is this ceremonial cacao?" I also receive calls here at Living Koko from people asking if our drinking cacao is "ceremonial grade." It is a beautiful question, but one that is not easy to...
Wintering: What the Cold Season Can Teach Us About Slowing Down
There is a quiet wisdom that arrives with winter. The days shorten. The mornings ask us to linger a little longer beneath the blankets. Trees release their leaves. Animals retreat to rest. The earth itself appears to pause....Yet so often, we resist. We continue to...
The Easter Moon: Before Chocolate, Before Commerce
Long before Easter eggs filled baskets, before chocolate shops lined streets, and long before calendars locked the date in place, Easter was something else entirely. It was written in the sky, in the rhythm of the moon, in the pulse of the earth. Easter Follows the...
Our Easter Moon Symbol
At the heart of our Easter Moon Bar is a symbol — not just a mark, but a story. Inspired by the Paschal Moon, the first full moon after the equinox that has guided Easter observance for centuries, our symbol captures the quiet power of lunar light and renewal. It...
Collective Calm
A Pacific collaboration grounded in resilience The fire in Samoa was a real and confronting event. But as is often the case, the physical fire was only part of the story. What followed were the less visible pressures — stress on growers, disruption to supply,...
A Letter from Lolopō Phoebe
From the beginning, Living Koko has been about more than chocolate. It has been about honouring the lands and hands that grow our cacao, respecting the ocean that connects us, and holding fast to traditions of care, culture and community. Every bar, every cup of drinking cacao, every tea leaf has carried that story.
Breathe into Balance
Breathe Into Balance — A Moment with the Department of Social Services Last month, Living Koko had the privilege of holding space with the Department of Social Services — a gathering not about output, performance or productivity, but about presence. Together, we...
Living Koko acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are based on, Narrm (Melbourne); the Wurundjeri and neighbouring Boonwurrung Peoples of the Kulin Nation, Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.
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