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Bolivia
WILD BENÍ | BENIANO (March 2017)
Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South
America. It is bordered to the west by Peru and Chile, to the south
by Argentina and Paraguay, to the north and east by Brazil.
Heirloom cacao varieties are the diamonds of cacao and rare —
cacao trees and beans endowed with a combination of historic,
cultural, botanical, geographical, and most importantly flavor value
(www.hcpcacao.org). The wild growing cacao Wild Bení comes
from the Hacienda Tranquilidad from the Bolivian Itenez-basin in
the Amazon Delta. This cocoa is known as Beniano, genetically
unique and not found anywhere else in the world.
In this area more and more forested elevations emerge, which
protrude a few meters out of the plain. The locals call these
forest islands Chocolatales. One of these Chocolatales is called La
Tranquilidad, the calm or serenity. The former German development
expert Volker Lehmann, based in Santa Cruz, bought the place in
2001 and established a center for the exploration of wild cocoa. The
finca with 500 hectares of natural forest and 80 hectares of lowyielding
natural pasture, as well as 40 hectares of nature reserve is a
medium-sized farm, which gives two indigenous families permanent
work, in comparison to the neighboring huge cattle farms with
thousands of hectares. A series of Chocolatales has been cleared
for grassland, which has already made the rare heirloom cacao
disappear in some areas. In Tranquilidad a project was therefore
initiated to preserve the Chocolatales.
One of our first 2IC-Chocolates (2 Ingredients Chocolate, only
cocoa beans and raw cane sugar).
Grower Partner: Hacienda Tranquilidad
Special Edition
Cocoa Variation: Beniano
ROASTING
medium
GRINDING
72 H
CONCHING
WITHOUT
Ingredients: Cocoa liquor Bolivia Wild Bení, raw cane sugar
Flavor: Honey, roasted nuts, ripe fruits (figs, plums, currant), coffee.
IC
84%
D A R K
chocolate
Origins of our cocoa
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