Blog

Welcome to the Saoró Blog! This is a space for you to drop in and share your thoughts on anything near and dear to your heart. We wish this online space to be a place where people can express themselves freely, write of their interesting and diverse journeys to a like-minded audience, and to connect with others.  If you’ve got something you’d love to share, we would love to read it. Send your writing to kate@saoro.org and we will feature it here!

The Ceremonial Journey – from Tree to Cup

There’s more to your cup of ceremonial cacao than the act of making it from your chosen block or bar of cacao. The journey from the rainforests of Bali is part of the ceremony; you aren’t just consuming a drink, you are a participant in this journey.

Ceremonial Cacao & a Sustainable Model for Cacao Farmers

The craft sustainable chocolate sector allows farmers and consumers to be so much more connected. A much greater share of the consumer's spending power inevitably flows back to the farmer/processor at origin and the farmer's broader community. Greater onshoring of value-added processes as well as more traceability of the ingredients also allows the 'where' and 'how' cocoa is grown to become part of the consumer experience, enjoyment and eventually brand preference. After all, great chocolate will always taste even better when its doing good for the planet and people that made it possible.

Introducing Tribal Twerk

In this dance we honour each chakra with their yin or yang characteristics. We also match them with a planet from our solar system for more personality. For example, the Root Chakra is a Yang powered energy and the planet attached to it is Mars, which is very much of a strong warrior personality. Therefore, the dance is high in energy, the song is heavy on drums like a motivational dance for a fight...