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Idukki 2026 harvest

Chocolate that tastes of where it grew

We buy wet cacao from 34 smallholder farms in Idukki and the Anamalais, ferment it for six days in wooden boxes, and conche it for 48 hours on our own stone melangeur. Nothing else goes in but cane sugar and cocoa butter.

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Idukki 2026 harvest is in the conche - single-origin bars ship from 12 October

Cacao Bharat 70% dark bar snapped in half

Cacao

70%

Four-farm blend, Idukki, Kerala - Feb 2026 harvest

Tasting notes

  • Red banana
  • jaggery
  • toasted cashew
70% Dark - Idukki Blend
  • 34 partner farms in Idukki & the Anamalais
  • Insulated cool-chain dispatch
  • FSSAI licensed, 100% vegetarian
  • GST invoice & purchase-order billing

55% to 82%

The bar range

Our core range of moulded bars in 65 g and 125 g, conched for a minimum of 48 hours on a granite stone. Three ingredients at most, and the farm and harvest month printed on every wrapper.

Single-origin releases

Tasting flight

What each one tastes of

The estate, the conche time and the notes below are the same words printed on the back of every wrapper - no more, no fewer.

  • 70% Dark - Idukki Blend

    70% cacao
    Estate
    Four-farm blend, Idukki, Kerala - Feb 2026 harvest
    Notes
    Red bananajaggerytoasted cashew
    Ingredients
    Cacao beans, cane sugar, cocoa butter
    Full specification

  • 55% Milk - Anamalai

    55% cacao
    Estate
    Valparai slopes, Anamalai Hills, Tamil Nadu
    Notes
    Milk toffeeroasted almonddried fig
    Ingredients
    Cacao beans, cane sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter
    Full specification

  • 82% Single Estate - Kallar Valley

    82% cacao
    Estate
    Kallar Valley Estate, Idukki, Kerala - Jan 2026, Lot 26/04
    Notes
    Black plumtamarinddark molasses
    Ingredients
    Cacao beans, cane sugar
    Full specification

  • Hazelnut Praline Bar

    65% cacao
    Estate
    Idukki blend shell; Giresun hazelnuts, Türkiye
    Notes
    Burnt caramelroasted hazelnutsea-salt finish
    Ingredients
    Cacao beans, hazelnuts, cane sugar, cocoa butter, sea salt
    Full specification

  • Sea Salt Caramel Bar

    70% cacao
    Estate
    Four-farm blend, Idukki, Kerala; salt from Marakkanam, Tamil Nadu
    Notes
    Butter caramelbrown sugarflaky salt
    Ingredients
    Cacao beans, cane sugar, cream, cocoa butter, sea salt
    Full specification

  • Assorted Truffle Box

    58% cacao
    Estate
    Idukki and Anamalai beans; Coorg coffee, Ratnagiri Alphonso
    Notes
    Filter coffeemangogreen cardamomgulkand rose
    Ingredients
    Cacao beans, cream, cane sugar, cocoa butter, natural flavourings
    Full specification
Stone melangeur conching cacao in the Ahmedabad workshop

Bean to bar

Six days of fermentation, 48 hours in the conche

Wet beans reach our Ahmedabad workshop within 40 hours of harvest. They ferment six days in Kerala rosewood boxes, sun-dry for eight, then roast at 118°C for 22 minutes before two days on the stone. We pay ₹78 a kilo for wet cacao - roughly double the mandi rate - and publish the farm name on every wrapper.

Partner farms
34Partner farms
Box fermentation
6 daysBox fermentation
Minimum conche time
48 hrsMinimum conche time
Meet our farmers

Weddings & corporate

Two thousand favours, one dispatch date

We have packed favours for 180 weddings and Diwali hampers for 90 companies. Custom printed sleeves, foiled logos, bilingual name tags and a nominated delivery date to the venue or the office - all on a 10-14 day lead time, with GST invoicing and purchase orders handled by the same person who takes your call.

Wedding Favours
200 boxes minimum
Corporate Gifting
Branded, invoiced, delivered
Lead time
10-14 days
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“We ordered 1,400 favour boxes for our daughter’s wedding in Udaipur with the sleeves printed in Gujarati and English. They arrived two days before the mehendi, cold and perfect, and the accounts team had the GST invoice the same evening.”
Nikhil Trivedi - Wedding order, Udaipur - 1,400 boxes
“We send Diwali hampers to 620 clients every year. Cacao Bharat is the first supplier that hit the delivery window in all four cities and foiled our logo exactly to the brand guideline. Purchase order to delivery was eleven days.”
Sharmila Iyer - Head of Brand, Meridian Consulting

Cool-chain dispatch

Chocolate and Indian summers

FSSAI licensed kitchen, 100% vegetarian, no palm oil. Every order leaves Ahmedabad in insulated packing with gel ice packs from March to October - if the destination is above 38°C we hold the parcel a day and ship on the next cool-chain slot rather than send you soft chocolate. Delivery in 2-4 working days across India. GST invoice included with every order.

  • Cool-chain dispatch

    Insulated cartons and gel packs from March to October. We hold, not ship, into a heatwave.

  • FSSAI licensed, 100% vegetarian

    No palm oil, no vegetable fat, no animal rennet. Allergens printed on every sleeve.

Will it reach you cold?

Every parcel leaves the Ahmedabad workshop in insulated packing with gel ice packs. Check the delivery window for your PIN code before you order.

Enter your PIN code for a delivery estimate.

Monday - Saturday, 10:00 - 19:00 IST

Verified orders

What arrived, and in what condition

Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 4 reviews
  • Rated 5.0 out of 5

    The 70% actually tastes of fruit

    I have bought most Indian craft bars and this is the first 70% where the red banana note on the wrapper is genuinely there. The snap was perfect even though it travelled in April - the ice packs were still cold when it arrived.

    Ananya DeshpandePune, MaharashtraApril 18, 2026Verified

  • Rated 5.0 out of 5

    Ordered 60 Diwali hampers, zero follow-up needed

    We sent hampers to clients in four cities. The logo foiling matched our brand guideline exactly, all deliveries landed on the nominated date, and the GST invoice came through with our PO number already on it. Eleven days from approval to delivery.

    Rohan PillaiBengaluru, KarnatakaMarch 2, 2026Verified

  • Rated 4.0 out of 5

    1,400 favours, one small hiccup

    The favour boxes were beautiful and the Gujarati printing on the sleeve was spot on. They pushed our dispatch by a day because of the heat, which they explained upfront - mildly stressful before a wedding, but the chocolate arrived in perfect condition.

    Meera ShahAhmedabad, GujaratFebruary 9, 2026Verified

  • Rated 5.0 out of 5

    Missed the 82% and I am still annoyed

    Lot 26/04 sold out while I was deciding. Bought the truffle box instead and the filter coffee ganache is the best thing I have eaten this year. Please make more Kallar Valley.

    Kabir MalhotraNew DelhiJanuary 22, 2026Verified

The Harvest Note

One letter a month from the workshop

What is fermenting, which estate is in the conche, and when the single-origin bars go live. No countdown timers, no discount codes.