| Founded: | 2007 |
| Headquarters: | Springfield, MO |
| Style: | retro-American / Rustic |
| Characteristics: | |
| Ferment: | medium-rare |
| Roast: | medium-low |
| Conche: | medium |
| Impact: | Working the miracle, especially with Nibs, in the middle of America. Social Venturing & Cause Marketing sometimes trump flavor in this afterlife of a former hi-powered defense attorney who shelved his law career & now advocates ethical chocolate where everyone – from the grower to the consumer – has a stake in the outcome; undertakes repeat visits to cacáo forests in the neotropics, stewarding best-practices, & paying a premium well above commodity benchmark prices. Better than so-called ‘Fair-Trade’ & beyond Direct-Trading, Askinosie practices Personal Exchange. |
