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I don't know how many times I've told this story. And each time I tell it differently. From a different perspective, in a different color or with a different mood. I find this story as rich as the power of cocoa itself. And its influence on my life is as great as the influence of cocoa on the world, I hope. Here I would like to tell our story again in a completely different way and in a little more detail. From the inside out. My inner path, process and decision to dedicate my life to cocoa (and vice versa)....

Belly landing September 11, 1992 - a tiny Mischa is born in a Ukrainian city called Dnepropetrovsk. Germanized The Federal Republic welcomes him with open arms. But no one asked him whether he even wanted to live there. Well, he just made the best of it. Finally over His school years are not glorious, but he gets his high school diploma. Maybe he's just not the brightest candle on the cake? Dare to go out The flight to South America takes him into a new world. He is allowed to make mistakes and find out who he is. Freedom becomes...

I have actually been asked this question from time to time. The last time was in front ofBeate 's camera. Here in the video you can see my answer: The topic of "danger" has come up again and again in recent years, even outside of the context of cocoa. What I have noticed again and again is that danger is ultimately just an interpretation of a possibility. A possible scenario that tries to throw me off balance in my identification as a person and entrepreneur. From the perspective of the Higher Self, there are no dangers. There are only experiences,...

Hello, you big heart! Today I want to tell you a story. It's about a Peruvian cocoa bean. Or even better: It tells you its story itself... It's dark, wet and sticky. It's cramped around me. And somehow I find that nice. To be surrounded by white, sweet pulp. Packed side by side with my brothers and sisters. Nothing can separate us! Or can it? One day, in January, I believe, everything was going to change. It was a wonderful, sunny morning in the large, species-rich dry forest of the Piura Valley in northern Peru. The morning when my sweetness...