Kenema

A cacao growing region in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leoneearthy

An eastern Sierra Leonean district where much of the country's cacao is grown, largely on old plantings under forest shade that were abandoned during the civil conflict and are being rehabilitated.

Flavour families
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Terroir

Forest-shaded smallholder plots, many of them old stands returning to production.

Flavour character

Not recorded.

Not recorded by the sources consulted

The origin is thinly documented and ChocolateHQ has found no consistent regional description.

Related

Part of

  • Sierra LeoneAn eastern Sierra Leonean district where much of the country's cacao is grown, largely on old plantings under forest shade that were abandoned during the civil conflict and are being rehabilitated.

Varieties planted here

  • AmelonadoDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Kenema — An eastern Sierra Leonean district where much of the country's cacao is grown, largely on old plantings under forest shade that were abandoned during the civil conflict and are being rehabilitated..

Sources

  • ChocolateHQ editorial synthesisChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)