Koko Samoa

Koko Samoa is traditional Samoan drinking chocolate, and it's considered their national drink. It is made from Samoan cocoa beans which are considered of premium quality as there is no trace of bitterness in the flavor, making it ideal for drinking.

After being picked, the beans are roasted and pounded, and the grinds are left to dry into hardened blocks. It is believed that the first cocoa plants were brought to Samoa from Peru by early navigator ancestors in 700AD. Koko Samoa is such an integral part of the Samoan life that the cocoa plant is protected by law.

The Cocoa Disease Ordinance of 1961 makes it illegal to bring any cocoa plant or seeds into Samoa that might carry pests which threaten the locally grown trees.