In late 2005, Gabe Davidson and two kiwi barista friends had a handful of tiny espresso bars dotted around Melbourne's cheapest, most unwanted city laneways. As their reputation for great coffee started to grow, their attention turned to the drinking chocolate on offer, and they soon realised that the products available were substandard: full of potato or corn starch, milk powders (used as cheap bulking agents) and numerous artificial flavours and colours mixed in.
They got their kiwi on and began experimenting to develop their own gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free, high cocoa fat drinking chocolate - that at the time was close to revolutionary.
The Original Cocoa Traders was established and the deeply flavoursome drinking chocolate blends now known as Koko Deluxe, Mofo Deluxe and the new Mofo Deluxe Premium (cane sugar free) are sold in Australia, New York, London, Japan, Singapore and, of course, throughout Gabe's home country of New Zealand.
The Original Cocoa Traders is a corporate sponsor of the One Percent Collective: http://www.onepercentcollective.org
For product and distribution queries, contact Helena Peda at: helena@theoriginalcocoatraders.com
Business strategist: James Bushell, Motif Agency
Images: Jessica Bicknell Photography
Branding: Gina Kiel, Inject Design
Words: Francesca Alice, Wordslice
Company Details
- Employees
- 2
- Founded
- -
- Industry
- Food And Beverage Manufacturing
- NAICS
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Food ManufacturingGrain and Oilseed MillingOther Food ManufacturingFlour Milling and Malt ManufacturingStarch and Vegetable Fats and Oils ManufacturingBreakfast Cereal ManufacturingSnack Food ManufacturingCoffee and Tea ManufacturingFlavoring Syrup and Concentrate ManufacturingSeasoning and Dressing ManufacturingAll Other Food ManufacturingFlour MillingRice MillingMalt ManufacturingWet Corn MillingSoybean and Other Oilseed ProcessingFats and Oils Refining and BlendingRoasted Nuts and Peanut Butter ManufacturingOther Snack Food ManufacturingMayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce ManufacturingSpice and Extract ManufacturingPerishable Prepared Food ManufacturingAll Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
- Website
- toct.com.au
- Competitors
- Fonterra, Kinrise, The Cocoa Group, Rumble Coffee Roasters, Cargill.
The Original Cocoa Traders Questions
The Original Cocoa Traders's website is toct.com.au
The Original Cocoa Traders's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-original-cocoa-traders
The Original Cocoa Traders has
2 employees.
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employees at The Original Cocoa Traders.
The Original Cocoa Traders's industry is
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
The Original Cocoa Traders's top competitors are
Fonterra,
Kinrise,
The Cocoa Group,
Rumble Coffee Roasters,
Cargill.
The Original Cocoa Traders's categories are Food and Beverage Manufacturing
The Original Cocoa Traders's founding year is 2005
