2014-04-28

We are Almost Here

After Years of waiting and anticipation, we are almost here and have come very close to the start of our next leg.

Since the first notion of going into the vanilla business in 2002, it took us 5 years for us to actually take action. From the beginning, the journey was rocky to say the least. In 2007 we travelled to Papua New Guinea, trying to establish a base of operations there. However, with the conditions there not fitting to our needs, we decided to pull out by the end of 2009.

After pulling out in 2009 we partnered up with Cocomolli (www.cocomolli.com), to establish the first small scale bean-to-bar chocolate factory in Korea. In 2010 we incorporated Covan’ee in the United States and by 2013 left our partnership with Cocomolli to pursue our own interests. Throughout this time, we kept on pursuing our interests in Papua New Guinea through one Mr. Nafian Saremo, a dear friend and associate of ours for over 28 years, who with our help, in 2012 was able to establish Saremo and Sons Limited. From the incorporation of Saremo and Sons Limited, it took the better part of 2 years to get all the licenses, especially the export license ready and in order for our first shipment to actually be shipped.

Now in just a few more weeks, we will be able to embark in our new adventure. An adventure that we hope you will come along for the ride

Cocoa, Vanilla and Coffee.

Covanee…