How Do Our Chocolates Get from Haiti to the US?
Getting chocolates from Haiti to the USA: Mission Complicated! In The Beginning, there was DHL Shipping our precious cargo has been an odyssey, from day one. We admit, our first chocolates bars arrived in our luggages or in the luggages of friends and family (those were the days in 2015). But soon (Dec 2015), we started shipping through DHL. This was a long and convoluted process from Ouanaminthe, in North East Haiti. Once we got the 60kg cacao bags from the co-op office in Plaine du Nord, we would send the heavy load to Port-au-Prince for fumigation (the Haitian government...
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Meet the Founder: Corinne's Fond Memories of Growing Up in Haiti
Coucou Chocolate Aficionados,
As promised, we are bringing you an exciting look behind the scenes of Askanya Chocolates. There’s no better place to start than at the very beginning of my story. Explore our fun Q&A to look back at my fun childhood growing up in Haiti.
Enjoy!
Corinne
Founder | Askanya Chocolates
www.askanyachocolates.com
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