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ABOUT US
Chocolates La Perla del Pacifico is a Colombian artisanal chocolate brand born from the heart of San Andrés de Tumaco, Nariño, and brought to Bogotá D.C. as a tribute to an ancestral territory rich in biodiversity, culture, and tradition.
We work with cacao sourced directly from small-scale farmers of the Tumaco region—riverside communities, rural villages, community councils, and Indigenous reserves—who cultivate one of the finest cacaos in the world, shaped by the Pacific Ocean, its climate, and its people.
Our chocolates are crafted following the bean-to-bar process, creating dark chocolate bars in different cacao percentages and signature artisanal bonbons. Each creation blends unique cacao notes with Colombian fruits, liquors, herbs, and spices, offering an authentic and memorable sensory experience.
Beyond chocolate, we believe in transformation. We promote fair trade, support legal and sustainable economies, and contribute to peace-building by empowering communities affected by conflict.
More than chocolate, we create stories of origin, resilience, and hope.
MISSION
To transform, produce, and commercialize chocolates and cacao-derived products using raw materials sourced and originated from Tumaco, Nariño, while actively promoting the local economy through cacao cultivation and other self-sustainable crops.
We provide unique and pleasurable experiences through our high-quality chocolate products, made with carefully selected ingredients and responsible processes, satisfying our customers’ tastes and fostering a passion for artisanal chocolate.
VISION
To be a Colombian company recognized nationally and internationally for creating exceptional chocolates, distinguished by their high nutritional quality and consumer safety. By combining innovation, sustainability, and artisanal craftsmanship, we aim to delight the senses and enrich moments with every bite, transporting people around the world to scenes of charm and beautiful memories.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM
En la perla del pacifico, nos apasiona el We offer better purchasing prices for cacao to small-scale farmers, including female heads of household, elderly individuals, people with special abilities, people with disabilities caused by explosive devices (landmines), and victims of Colombia’s internal armed conflict.
We seek to contribute to improving quality of life and transforming territories through legal economies, while also supporting the academic, athletic, and cultural development of children and adolescents in our country.
We aspire to share real stories worldwide, demonstrating that transformation is possible and that peace and national development can be achieved through legal and sustainable economies.
LEGENDS FOR MY CHOCOLATES
COCOA: FLAVOR AND AROMA OF TUMACO
Cocoa, considered food of the gods, favorite drink of kings and vital food for several generations and centuries has left a sparkling trail in the region of Tumaco, awarded for being the owners of one of the best cocoa quality in the world because of the grain, flavour and aroma.
Through an initiative to transform cocoa production, families in the region who have experienced the impact related to coca crops, violence and armed conflict, motivated by rebels in arms, who are linked to a new dynamic to improve their quality of life in an act of cultural and social recomposition, by replacing illegal economies such as coca with a culture of legality through cocoa transformation
You are invited to delight “the Pearl of the Pacific”, a product that emerged from a patient journey made with love and dedication, applying traditional sowing, harvesting and drying techniques grain by grain, then roasting and grinding is made until reaching this final product. Enjoy a collective transformation effort to eradicate illicit crops and reconcile a life in peace with the former combatants, through a productive strategy in the Tumaco region. Enjoy "Cacao La Perla"
AN OWN SEAL
Mayans, Aztecs and Incas claim the paternity of cocoa, but the cocoa growers of the Tumaco region consider it born in their roots, as a symbol of the productive culture in the Colombian Pacific, known worldwide as the Tumaco culture “La Tolita”, aborigines who immortalized works in gold, silver, copper and platinum, leaving a global legacy in pieces such as: pendants, rings, nose rings, masks, bracelets, and the “Golden Sun” pieces considered heritage of Colombia.
This gold smithing was transferred to the artisanal consumption of cocoa in different ways: ground with stones, metal mills and root “grinders” (beaters). Holding the essence of what is considered the best cocoa in Colombia, we bring the richness of an ancestral tradition to your palate contained in each cocoa bean. A product planted and harvested by Afro-descendant families in Violence-ridden areas and the presence of armed groups, who together decided to replace coca leaf crops with this ancestral product, knowing clearly they should grow cocoa. It is a path to build peace.
LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO
Tumaco—according to local legend is known as “the pearl of the pacific,” because of the discovery of the biggest pearl ever found. But it’s most precious treasure is cacao. The cacao trees in this area have been here more than two hundred years and are an essential part of Tumaco’s economic and cultural heritage.
That’s where our name comes from—a pearl that today shines thanks to the initiative of the native people here who one day left behind their arms and realizing the suffering of their people, lead a collective resistance in a new way of life—replacing the illegal economy of cocaine with a legal industry of the transformation of cacao.
A Tumacan jewel made out of a cacao seed that dazzles with its tones, flavores, and aromas. It stands out among the best in the world. The fruit of the effort of families in this region to reject the cultivation of illegal substances and to be a part of the dynamic production of chocolate to improve the quality of life of everyone in the community.
AN ELIXIR FOR JOY
Despite the violence and armed conflict, the inhabitants of Tumaco have never lost their most precious asset: joy. A virtue reflected in their cultural identity, also attributed to the cocoa consumption, due to it is a precursor of serotonin, known as "the hormone of happiness", a neurotransmitter with the function of regulating mood, sleep, appetite, heart rate, body temperature, sensitivity and intellectual functions.
Cocoa contains theobromine, a substance that stimulates the nervous system, which causes enthusiasm, animation and happiness when consumed. In addition, it promotes the production of endorphins, which produces a better mood, effective in combating physical or mental stress.
There are many positive properties of cocoa found in this product, an effort of collective resistance to reduce and eliminate crops for illicit use, through a productive strategy in the Tumaco region.
THREE RED FISH
After traveling the seas of the world, three vigorous red fish fell asleep in the estuaries of the Pacific coast in Nariño, where lulled by the breeze and waves they settled forever. The tide covered them with sand and the exuberant vegetation grew soon, giving place to TUMACO, distributed on the islands of El Morro, La Viciosa and El Pindo, one after the other on the back of each snapper.
The Tumac Indians populated it and were mixed with the African descent, who in search of freedom, chose this territory marked by estuaries and mangroves, together planted cocoa in this mythical land.
From that bewitching territory comes to your hands the richest cocoa in tasting and aroma in Colombia, a product planted by Afro-descendant families in Violence-ridden areas due to the presence of armed groups, who had a principle of autonomy in a collective effort, they decided to replace coca leaf crops with this ancestral product, knowing that growing cocoa is a way to build peace.