Bougainville
A cacao growing region in Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guineafruityearthy
An autonomous region of Papua New Guinea where cacao is one of the principal cash crops, grown by smallholders. The sector was severely disrupted by conflict in the 1990s and has been rebuilt since.
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Flavour families
- fruity, earthy
Terroir
High-rainfall island conditions with smallholder plantings, and the same drying constraints as New Britain.
Flavour character
Described in similar terms to other Papua New Guinean material, with smoke where drying was wood-fired.
InferredSource: ChocolateHQ
Other regions in Papua New Guinea
Related
Part of
- Papua New GuineaAn autonomous region of Papua New Guinea where cacao is one of the principal cash crops, grown by smallholders.
Varieties planted here
- TrinitarioDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Bougainville — An autonomous region of Papua New Guinea where cacao is one of the principal cash crops, grown by smallholders.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)