Esmeraldas
A cacao growing region in Ecuador.
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Ecuador's northern coastal province, wetter than Manabí and with a large Afro-Ecuadorian farming population. Cacao here is grown in mixed cultivation and the speciality sector is younger than in the Guayas basin.
- Country
- Ecuador
- Flavour families
- fruity, floral
Terroir
High-rainfall coastal lowland running to the Colombian border, with cacao often grown among plantain and timber.
Flavour character
Can show fruit and floral character where fermentation is centrally managed.
InferredSource: ChocolateHQ
Lot-to-lot variation is wide, which is consistent with a region where fermentation practice is still being standardised.
Other regions in Ecuador
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Part of
- EcuadorEcuador's northern coastal province, wetter than Manabí and with a large Afro-Ecuadorian farming population.
Varieties planted here
- NacionalDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Esmeraldas — Ecuador's northern coastal province, wetter than Manabí and with a large Afro-Ecuadorian farming population.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)