Piura
A cacao growing region in Peru.
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A dry-forest region in northern Peru near the Ecuadorian border, notable for populations of pale-cotyledon cacao and for how much attention those populations attracted in the 2000s.
- Country
- Peru
- Flavour families
- fruity, acidic, nutty
Terroir
Unusually dry for cacao, in valleys fed by seasonal rivers. The white-bean populations found here are the reason the region is named on bars at all.
Flavour character
Low bitterness with pronounced fruit — the comparison drawn most often is to citrus and stone fruit.
InferredSource: ChocolateHQ
Based on tasting descriptions of a small speciality output rather than on the region's production as a whole.
Other regions in Peru
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Part of
- PeruA dry-forest region in northern Peru near the Ecuadorian border, notable for populations of pale-cotyledon cacao and for how much attention those populations attracted in the 2000s.
Varieties planted here
- CriolloDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Piura — A dry-forest region in northern Peru near the Ecuadorian border, notable for populations of pale-cotyledon cacao and for how much attention those populations attracted in the 2000s..
- TrinitarioDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Piura — A dry-forest region in northern Peru near the Ecuadorian border, notable for populations of pale-cotyledon cacao and for how much attention those populations attracted in the 2000s..
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)