The storage unit
The process of making the shea butter starts with washing the seeds.
Then drying them in the sun.
Roasting the seeds
Then to the grinder
Then whip it!
Adding a mix of warm and cool water, the oil starts to separate from the water.
Time for a dance break! There's always time to dance in Togo!
Cooking the oil to purify it.
Then pooring it into molds to solidify
Blocks of Shea butter sent to the US to be made into wonderful Alaffia products and sold at a Whole Foods near you.
Meeting about sustainability and trade possibilities.
Traditional hand woven cloth.
