Alto Beni
A cacao growing region in Bolivia.
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Bolivia's main cultivated cacao area, in the Andean foothills north of La Paz. Cooperative organisation and organic certification are both widespread, and it is the source of most Bolivian cacao that reaches the speciality trade.
- Country
- Bolivia
- Flavour families
- nutty, caramel
Terroir
Humid foothill valleys at the Andes-Amazon transition, with cooperative-managed central fermentation.
Flavour character
Generally rounder than the wild Beni material, with nutty and caramel notes.
InferredSource: ChocolateHQ
Other regions in Bolivia
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Part of
- BoliviaBolivia's main cultivated cacao area, in the Andean foothills north of La Paz.
Varieties planted here
- TrinitarioDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Alto Beni — Bolivia's main cultivated cacao area, in the Andean foothills north of La Paz.
- ForasteroDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Alto Beni — Bolivia's main cultivated cacao area, in the Andean foothills north of La Paz.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)