Beni Tonka is a vessel for deep experience through deep ingredients…
Deep Ingredients
OYA Cacao Liqueur
a delicate, melanated spirit made with Beni Tonka Cacao manufactured in Trinidad. Caribbean rum based with organic cane sugar.
100 % Pure Cacao
pristine hand-crafted blocks of ceremonial grade cacao. Semi-wild grown, deep fermented, sunbathed, stone-ground in Trinidad.
Wild Tonka Bean
a mosaic of dark sensations, supple cherry rum notes, wild honey, magnolia, freshly cut hay, coconut, clove and orange peel.
Soka Sauce
hot pepper sauce for the home and for the road! Full of vibe and body. Family recipe made with love and Soka music in the air.
Couscous for Breakfast
Win the morning, win the day! Morning rituals have become so valuable to me over the years. They help re-calibrate and stabilize my mood and stomach after waking. This prepares the mind and body for action and creation. And yes, the stomach, so tightly is it interwoven with the mood. So I make sure to […]
Made in Trinidad
Beni Tonka Cacao is locally grown, harvested and manufactured. We make our cacao at home in Trinidad to ensure we get the best flavors and textures out of our beans, while simultaneously taking care of our farmers, manufacturers and their families directly and first. Remember the sense of fulfillment you get when creating something from [...]
The Suderman Spirit
“Just call the f***ing number.” he insisted with sunken eyebrows. “Yeah, yeah. I will.” I replied. “No, Beni, really…” The weight of his concern concentrated itself on a tiny area just below my right shoulder. I shook it off. “…call him.” It was late July 2012. Perched on a pair of stools outside Spirits Bar in […]
Behind the Sauce
Heritage begins in the kitchen. Way before our hot pepper sauce became the full-bodied, fine flavour heritage sauce it is today, my dear Aunt Cynthia was humming away in her Moruga kitchen, conjuring up her next batch. Her sauces are the best kept secret in Trinidad and Tobago; even though here, at least on the countryside, […]
Guarahoon
Slicing through the water like a breeze on a surface, quiet shadows slipped over the horizon. Approaching land, barely visible forms began growing into long bows, piercing the mystic Caribbean pre-dawn. Then, their silhouetted frames underwent a transformation, morphing into bodily expressions. Women and men, veterans and youth, dugout canoes paddling softly in unison, entranced, […]