Thailand - Chanthaburi 70% (10 bars)

Thailand - Chanthaburi 70% (10 bars)Thailand Chantaburi 70% Chantaburi This cacao comes from Chantaburi province. In south east Thailand, in the Gulf. Home to waterfalls, mountains, a wildlife sanctuary, lush forests, and tropical fruit. Khun Suriya Chaisutti and his wife have been planting cacao in the Chanthaburi region for over 9 years now, being one of the first of a new generation of farmers to do so. Today they have a network of 40 farmers who they support through access to proper

This cocoa would become the basis for some of the award winning chocolate Truong and Nguyen started to produce through their brand Tbros

The founders of Kokoa Kamili were professionals in international development who were frustrated with the top-down approach of many organisations

Chiapas was the center of cacao commerce in Mesoamerica when the  Spaniards reached the area in 1522

They now have 4 teams that collect wet cocoa from closeby farms and control the entire process

Awards: Gold

I used different fermentations from the Soconusco variety through the years

and tropical fruit

Don Moisés collected criollo cacao varieties from the South of  Mexico

Even though cacao was introduced to Vietnam in the late 1800’s

Of the total

Being in charge of selecting

Lagarto and other old (Criollo)varieties