Our Cacao
Trinitario × Forastero hybrids that have developed into 19 distinct sub-varieties in Cambodia's highlands.
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, grown from grafted seedlings. In January 2020 fermentation expert Prof. Dr. Albertus Eskes visited our farms and identified 19 distinct sub-varieties among them. We are now developing these sub-varieties 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. The full story is on our Origin page.
Bright red-fruit notes and a clean, balanced finish, consistent from batch to batch. The specification sheet has the lab-tested composition, including 60.67 mg GAE/g total polyphenols.
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