Arauca
A cacao growing region in Colombia.
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An eastern Colombian department on the Venezuelan border, in the Orinoco basin lowlands. Cacao planting here expanded through substitution programmes and cooperative organisation, and the region is comparatively new to the speciality trade.
- Country
- Colombia
- Flavour families
- fruity, caramel
Terroir
Hot lowland plains at the edge of the Llanos, with a pronounced dry season.
Flavour character
Can show fruit and caramel character where fermentation is centrally managed.
InferredSource: ChocolateHQ
The record is short and lot-to-lot variation is wide.
Other regions in Colombia
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Part of
- ColombiaAn eastern Colombian department on the Venezuelan border, in the Orinoco basin lowlands.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)