Bahia
A cacao growing region in Brazil.
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Brazil's historic cacao region on the southern Atlantic coast, and the place witches' broom disease collapsed after 1989. Much of the surviving planting is cabruca — cacao grown beneath thinned Atlantic forest canopy — which turned out to be one of the better-documented cases of a commodity crop coexisting with forest cover.
- Country
- Brazil
- Also known as
- Ilhéus, Itabuna
- Flavour families
- nutty, caramel, earthy
Terroir
Atlantic coastal forest with high rainfall, with cacao under retained canopy in the cabruca system. Lower yields than full-sun planting, and substantially more preserved habitat.
Flavour character
Often associated with a nutty, molasses-like depth and low acidity.
InferredSource: ChocolateHQ
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Part of
- BrazilBrazil's historic cacao region on the southern Atlantic coast, and the place witches' broom disease collapsed after 1989.
Varieties planted here
- ForasteroDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Bahia — Brazil's historic cacao region on the southern Atlantic coast, and the place witches' broom disease collapsed after 1989.
- TrinitarioDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Bahia — Brazil's historic cacao region on the southern Atlantic coast, and the place witches' broom disease collapsed after 1989.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)