While waiting to be able to bite into a new origin bar, here is a summary of our journey that captures all the flavor of our encounters, discoveries, and memories.
4 regions traversed from the center to the south to the north, passing back through the center, Panama and Nicaragua
8 days exploring this splendid country, with its exceptional flora and fauna!
6 delighted travelers
1350 kilometers traveled by bus, not counting those spent wandering on foot through the plantations under the sun or in the rain
7 ethical plantations visited, including 2 favorites
Thousands of cacao trees admired
Dozens of opened cacao pods
and just as many fresh beans tasted before fermentation
Thousands of beans in the process of being roasted and winnowed
Our approach
It is always with insatiable curiosity, thirsty for new knowledge, that we visit cocoa-producing countries. Each country has its specificities and a complete discovery can only be made by going there: meeting cocoa lovers, exploring the plantations that practice agroforestry, immersing ourselves in the heart of the cacao trees, marveling at the pods, delighting in fresh beans as sweet as tangy candies, selecting the cacao we prefer to create our own bar recipes.
Soon a Costa Rica origin bar?
Costa Rica is a very small producing country that takes great care to maintain the quality of the cacao it cultivates. A gem! The estates we visited, all respectful of biodiversity, also master fermentation and drying (despite particularly humid conditions), which promotes exceptional aromatic development of the cacao beans.
See you soon with the fruit of our work at the factory…
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