Gaia Cacao B.V

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Gaia Cacao B.V

We source, sell & deliver special cacao. From farmer to chocolate maker.

We offer our knowledge, experience and network
to sustainably grow the world of special cacao.

13/01/2026

We are ready for 2026! 🌱✨

🎥 to see how our last year went. 🍫📸

13/01/2026

We are ready for 2026! 🌱✨

Swipe through the images to see how our last year went. 🍫📸

31/12/2025

2025 has been a great year!

None of this would have been possible without the incredible Gaia team, nor without our partners, investors, origin partners, and clients, who have trusted us and with whom we continue to build relationships rooted in commitment and shared growth.

From 2025, we take with us many memories, challenges overcome, and valuable learnings, and we look ahead to 2026 with enthusiasm, energy, and a strong desire to keep building together.

We wish you a very Happy New Year!

Here’s to 2026!

With warm regards,
The Gaia Cacao Team 🍫✨

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24/12/2025

Merry Christmas 2026 🎄✨

Thanks for being part of this journey and for supporting our mission!

16/12/2025

✨For Gaia Cacao, is more than just an event, it’s an experience, is a vibrant hub for connection, learning and business💡🤝

📩 Are you joining in 2026? 🍫✨

Here a team photo from last edition!

18/11/2025

🌱📦 Yesterday we unloaded our container with several origins from Venezuela.

And we are thrilled to introduce three new Venezuelan origins in our roaster: Patanemo, Borburata and Caicara del Orinoco.

🍫 The beans from Patanemo and Borburata bring wonderfully sweet flavour profiles that elevate our range, and we are so happy to have them on board.

✨ Patanemo is grown by small farms in a forest-agro-forestry system, steep terrain, under shade trees. It is sweet with notes of sugar-cane.
✨ Borburata is a coastal village revival in Carabobo: flavour notes include chocolate and nutty taste with very mild red fruit acidity.
✨ And Caicara del Orinoco, coming from the Orinoco basin in the state of Bolívar, offers a smooth profile, with sweet melon notes.

Would you like to discover these new origins? stay tuned for more stories on each :)

30/10/2025

🍫✨ It’s a wrap! ✨🍫
Our colleague Desiree Díaz walked and met many friends at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris. 🤎

Sharing our passion for fine cacao, discovering new trends and building bridges between producers, artisans and chocolate lovers from around the world. 🌍✨

27/10/2025

Our dear colleague Desiree Diaz will be fluttering around the Salon du Chocolat in Paris this week 🦋 Spreading her bright smile, connecting with partners, discovering new trends and continuing to build bridges 🌍🤎

If you spot her, don’t miss the chance to say hi. She is always up for a good cocoa chat! ☕🍫

22/10/2025

✨ Tendencias que marcan el cacao en Europa ✨
Nuestra fundadora Mariana De la Rosa participará en el Primer Congreso Internacional del Cacao y Cuarto Congreso Venezolano del Cacao y su Industria compartiendo su visión sobre las tendencias que están marcando el cacao en Europa. 🇪🇺🍫

Un espacio donde la tradición se une con la innovación científica y tecnológica, conectando a productores, investigadores y amantes del cacao en torno a un mismo propósito: revalorizar el cacao venezolano desde su origen hasta los mercados internacionales. 🌱

Desde Gaia Cacao celebramos este encuentro 💛

✨ Trends Shaping Cacao in Europe ✨
Our founder Mariana De la Rosa will participate in the First International Cacao Congress and Fourth Venezuelan Cacao and Industry Congress, sharing her insights on the key trends shaping cacao in Europe. 🇪🇺🍫

An inspiring space where tradition meets scientific and technological innovation — bringing together producers, researchers, and cacao lovers to celebrate and elevate Venezuelan cacao from its roots to international markets. 🌱

At Gaia Cacao, we are proud to be part of this dialogue 💛

17/10/2025

🌱 When women lead, value chains transform.

This week, our founder Mariana De La Rosa had the pleasure of joining a group of inspiring women entrepreneurs in Amsterdam for a special session supported by Rabobank

The lunch took place at the beautiful De Olmenhorst estate in Lisserbroek, an inspiring place where entrepreneurship and family values come together, run by two sisters who lead the estate’s daily operations.

While Gaia Cacao collaborates indirectly with the Rabobank Foundation bank through cocoa-sector support projects led by Dutch NGOs, it was powerful to connect with founders from completely different industries, share experiences, and reflect on what it means to build purposeful, impact-driven businesses.

At Gaia Cacao, we believe that strengthening women’s roles across the cocoa value chain (from farm to boardroom) is not optional. It’s essential.

✨ Thank you, Rabobank for creating space for meaningful connection, and to all the women entrepreneurs who are leading the way and making room for others to rise alongside them.

Esther Kuip José Schmidt Eva R.

Amable F. Espina Juliana Ruge Desiree Diaz Jennifer Cinefra Rub Díaz M. 💎Hector Di Luca

11/10/2025

✨ Not all white cacaos are Porcelana...
But true Porcelana? It’s unmistakably white. ✨

Porcelana is native to Venezuela, and one of the rarest and most sought-after cacao varieties in the world.

Grown in small plots in the Sur del Lago region, it is known for its smooth, mellow flavour, with notes of nuts and malt.

But it’s not just about flavour.
It’s also in the shape and feel of the pod:
Smooth, soft-skinned, with no wrinkles or indentations.
👉🏻 Check the photos to see what I mean!

You can recognise a Porcelana pod by the way it rests in your hand:
Elegant, uniform, unmistakable.

🧪 At Gaia Cacao, with our amazing team at origin we triple-check each lot before accepting it: Cut tests, pulp analysis, and bean size verification.

Because while many cacaos may look similar, true Porcelana only comes from Venezuela… yes, from Venezuela.

It’s flattering, in a way, to see other origins labeling their white-bean criollos as “Porcelana”
But let’s be clear: Porcelana is not a generic term for white cacao.
It is a specific variety, native to Venezuela, with a unique genetic identity and terroir.

We have even seen so-called "Porcelana" beans with white and purple seeds inside the same pod.

A clear sign that it’s not the real thing.
This genetic treasure is almost lost.

But at Gaia, we are not just selling Porcelana. We are helping protect it.

01/10/2025

🇻🇪 Today, Venezuela honors National Cacao Day.

🌱 Behind every bean are farmers who care for the trees, families who harvest, hands that patiently ferment, processors doing their magic and makers to give it the final touch.

🍫 Today we join in celebration our peers from Venezuela.

From our cacao trips to the heart of Venezuela, here are some moments with the amazing family behind our cacao. ❤️ Scroll to meet them all and feel the love that goes into every bean

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