Koko Samoa: Fipe Preuss on taking risks and founding a chocolate company

From Stories From The Pacific by ABC Radio Australia

February 10, 2026 · 30 min

About this episode

Fipe Preuss discusses her journey as a risk-taker and co-founder of a chocolate company that collaborates with Samoan farmers.

Fipe Preuss is wired for the leap. At 16 she skydived without telling her parents, then learned to find calm midair, underwater, and in rooms full of people. That is the person we are meeting, the risk taker and community maker, who later co-founded Living Koko, a Melbourne chocolate company working with small-plot Samoan farmers to turn fair-priced cacao into small-batch chocolate, drinking cacao and teas. Stories From The Pacific’s host Wendy Mocke speaks with Phoebe (Fipe) about her roots, the leaps that shaped her, and the future she wants on the ground. Listen to this episode on ABC Radio Australia.

People in this episode

Host: Wendy Mocke

Guest: Fipe Preuss

Topics covered

entrepreneurship
risk-taking
community building
sustainable agriculture
chocolate production

Keywords

Fipe Preuss
Living Koko
chocolate
Samoa
entrepreneurship
risk-taking
community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Living Koko

Products: chocolate, drinking cacao, teas

Places: Samoa, Melbourne