San-Pédro
A cacao growing region in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast
A south-western Ivorian region and the site of one of the world's largest cacao export ports. Production in its hinterland is smallholder and bought through a network of intermediaries before being blended for export.
- Country
- Ivory Coast
Terroir
Humid south-western forest zone, historically the frontier of Ivorian cacao expansion and consequently an area where deforestation pressure has been most scrutinised.
Flavour character
Not recorded.
Not applicable
Ivorian cacao is blended before it reaches anyone who would taste it regionally. The national description applies, and a regional claim would be invented.
Other regions in Ivory Coast
Related
Part of
- Ivory CoastA south-western Ivorian region and the site of one of the world's largest cacao export ports.
Varieties planted here
- AmelonadoDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. San-Pédro — A south-western Ivorian region and the site of one of the world's largest cacao export ports.
- ForasteroDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. San-Pédro — A south-western Ivorian region and the site of one of the world's largest cacao export ports.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)