The corporate sector is well known for being fast-paced and highly stressful, which has prompted many companies to address their employee well-being. To help, Kocoatrait Chocolate has introduced a new programme designed to enhance staff wellness through an enriching chocolate-tasting session led by India’s first certified chocolate taster, L Nitin Chordia.
The 60-minute tasting session is designed to be an immersive and meditative experience that combines the joy of tasting our sustainable and heart-healthy dark chocolates with the ancient wisdom of cacao ceremonies. At each hour-long session, Nitin will guide participants through the art of tasting chocolate correctly, encouraging mindfulness and a deeper appreciation of different chocolate flavours.
The unique session will also address the pressing issue of climate change. It does this via a discussion of how conventional chocolate production often contributes to landfills and harms oceans, which directly contrasts with the chocolate company’s sustainable practices. By choosing Kocoatrait’s chocolates, companies will not only boost their employees’ well-being but also actively support environmentally friendly and socially responsible practices.
The session includes:
Guided Chocolate Tasting: Nitin will lead employees through a step-by-step audio/visual introduction to cacao and chocolate, introduce various types of chocolates and point out their composition and benefits/issues, identifying the right chocolate and the process of tasting chocolates, enhancing their sensory experience and promoting mindfulness.
Cacao Ceremony Introduction: Drawing from the traditions of the Mayans, Nitin will explain how cacao ceremonies open the heart and facilitate deeper connections with the divine. The session will culminate in a ceremonial dosage of cacao paired with specially produced music by Kocoatrait.
Interactive and Fun Activities: To help foster engagement and camaraderie, there will be activities such as employee introductions, chocolate memories and a playful chocolate flavour guessing game.
DIY Activity: Chocolates are handed over in a DIY box to promote the concept of reducing, reusing, and recycling and help the participants later engage with their families to convert this reusable box into a desk organiser, mobile phone holder, birdhouse, gift, etc.
Takeaway for employees/associates: This fun and informal education-led session aims to holistically show how mindful consumption of the right chocolates can significantly enhance mental and physical well-being.
Kocoatrait is guided by the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries—developed and developing—in a global partnership.
The bean-to-bar chocolate makers address 12 out of the 17 SDGs. The chocolate company ensures that no trees are cut to run its business operations, and its packaging is paper—and plastic-free.
It is also an inclusive organisation that works closely with Vexcel Educational Trust, which employs differently-abled citizens. Finally, all of its gift boxes are made by a disadvantaged women’s community.
Kocoatrait is one of the few companies whose goal is to be as transparent as possible. Its cost breakdown for its chocolate products can be viewed on its website.
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