Alexis
Day
Alexis
Day
How
do you
reflect
Ghanaian
culture,
spirit,
art your
in your
chocolate
confections?
How
do you
reflect
the the
Ghanaian
culture,
spirit,
and and
art in
chocolate
and and
confections?
‘57
Chocolate
‘57
Chocolate
What’s
most
unique
about
business
is that
produce
chocolate
reflects
Ghanaian
What’s
most
unique
about
our our
business
is that
we we
produce
chocolate
that that
reflects
Ghanaian
culture,
through
Adinkra
bars,
chocolate
flavors
packaging.
Adinkra
art art
and and
culture,
through
our our
Adinkra
bars,
chocolate
flavors
and and
packaging.
Our Our
Adinkra
chocolates
bite-sized
which
beautifully
engraved
visual
symbols
meant
chocolates
are are
bite-sized
bars bars
which
are are
beautifully
engraved
with with
visual
symbols
meant
to to
inspire,
which
were
created
by the
Akan
people
of Ghana.
Kim’s
favorite
adinkra
symbol
inspire,
which
were
created
by the
Akan
people
of Ghana.
Kim’s
favorite
adinkra
symbol
is is
“Aya”
or fern,
which
means
resourcefulness
endurance.
Priscilla’s
favorite
Adinkra
“Aya”
or fern,
which
means
resourcefulness
and and
endurance.
Priscilla’s
favorite
Adinkra
symbol
is “Duafe”
or wooden
comb,
which
means
femininity
beauty.
a collection
symbol
is “Duafe”
or wooden
comb,
which
means
femininity
and and
beauty.
We We
have have
a collection
of different
12 different
Adinkra
symbols,
representing
a concept
a particular
meaning.
of 12
Adinkra
symbols,
each each
representing
a concept
or a or particular
meaning.
We We
be adding
more
concepts
to our
collection
soon.
will will
be adding
more
concepts
to our
collection
soon.
created
a chocolate
called
“bissap,”
a hibiscus-flavored
white
chocolate
We We
also also
created
a chocolate
bar bar
called
“bissap,”
a hibiscus-flavored
white
chocolate
with with
local
spices.
Having
grown
up Dakar,
in Dakar,
Senegal
drank
bissap
often.
It was
truly
a treat
local
spices.
Having
grown
up in
Senegal
we we
drank
bissap
often.
It was
truly
a treat
bissap
African
version
of Kool-Aid,
all natural.
years
for for
us. us.
To To
us, us,
bissap
was was
the the
African
version
of Kool-Aid,
but but
all natural.
For For
years
we we
watched
mom
steep
copious
amounts
of hibiscus
leaves
in hot
water
cloves,
sieve
watched
our our
mom
steep
copious
amounts
of hibiscus
leaves
in hot
water
with with
cloves,
sieve
in sugar,
vanilla,
homemade
ginger
pineapple
juice.
wanted
to somehow
and and
mix mix
in sugar,
vanilla,
homemade
ginger
and and
pineapple
juice.
We We
wanted
to somehow
recreate
tangy
fruity
from
childhood.
wanted
to pay
tribute
to this
drink
recreate
this this
tangy
but but
fruity
taste taste
from
our our
childhood.
We We
wanted
to pay
tribute
to this
drink
is cherished
around
world.
Bissap
is also
enjoyed
in Ghana,
popularly
that that
is cherished
around
the the
world.
Bissap
is also
enjoyed
in Ghana,
but but
it’s it’s
popularly
known
as “sobolo,”
in the
Caribbean
called
sorrel.
known
as “sobolo,”
and and
in the
Caribbean
it’s it’s
called
sorrel.
Lastly,
of African
art and
wanted
to feature
on our
packaging.
Lastly,
we we
are are
both both
avid avid
fans fans
of African
art and
we we
wanted
to feature
this this
on our
packaging.
work
local
Ghanaian
artists
to produce
packaging.
packaging
is not
We We
work
with with
local
Ghanaian
artists
to produce
our our
packaging.
Our Our
packaging
is not
only only
unique
it educates
customers
about
Ghanaian
culture
heritage.
As African
women,
unique
but but
it educates
customers
about
Ghanaian
culture
and and
heritage.
As African
women,
believe
is our
to help
re-write
a positive
narrative
Ghana
African
we we
believe
it is it our
duty duty
to help
re-write
a positive
narrative
for for
Ghana
and and
the the
African
continent
in entirety.
its entirety.
packaging
aims
to enlighten
world
about
Ghana’s
vibrant
continent
in its
Our Our
packaging
aims
to enlighten
the the
world
about
Ghana’s
vibrant
culture,
traditions,
beautiful
sites,
national
monuments.
want
to show
world
culture,
traditions,
beautiful
sites,
and and
national
monuments.
We We
want
to show
the the
world
that that
Africa
an incredible
amount
of potential.
Africa
has has
an incredible
amount
of potential.