Textbooks divide cacao into a few well-known groups: Forastero, Criollo, Trinitario and Nacional. In practice cacao crosses easily, and what grows on a farm is usually a mix.
The trees in Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri are hybrids of Trinitario and Forastero. In January 2020 fermentation expert Prof. Dr. Albertus Eskes visited our farms and identified 19 distinct sub-varieties among them. The pods here are from our varietal trials, labelled by sub-variety. We are now developing them on the farm.
The Bunong are the largest indigenous community in Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri, the two provinces where Cambodian cacao grows. In their honour, the cacao from this region is called Bunong cacao.
Our first seedlings came from Buon Ma Thuot in Vietnam's Central Highlands in 2014. Their lineage traces back across three centuries, from Venezuela through the Caribbean and Ceylon to Malacca and on to Vietnam.
Our lineage
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A Trinitario × Forastero hybrid, grown from grafted seedlings in Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri.
19. Prof. Dr. Albertus Eskes identified them on our farms in January 2020, and we are still developing them.
After the Bunong, the largest indigenous community in Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri, the two provinces where Cambodian cacao grows.
An intense chocolate aroma with floral and herbal hints, a gentle cocoa depth, and warm notes of nuts, spice and ripe dried fruit.
No, we don't sell them separately. Every lot is Bunong cacao from our estate and our CFARM partner farms.
