Sulawesi
A cacao growing region in Indonesia.
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The Indonesian island that produces most of the country's cacao, and the clearest illustration anywhere of an origin's reputation being set by an incentive structure rather than by its beans. A large share of the harvest has historically been sold unfermented, because grading did not reward fermentation.
- Country
- Indonesia
- Flavour families
- earthy, nutty
Terroir
Smallholder plantings across the island, with cocoa pod borer pressure a recognised constraint. Fermentation infrastructure is limited outside the speciality sector.
Flavour character
Unfermented Sulawesi cacao is flat and astringent. Properly fermented lots can show tobacco, dried fruit and a smooth low-acid body.
InferredSource: ChocolateHQ
The gap between the two is the region's defining fact, and it is a post-harvest gap rather than a genetic one.
Other regions in Indonesia
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Part of
- IndonesiaThe Indonesian island that produces most of the country's cacao, and the clearest illustration anywhere of an origin's reputation being set by an incentive structure rather than by its beans.
Varieties planted here
- ForasteroDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Sulawesi — The Indonesian island that produces most of the country's cacao, and the clearest illustration anywhere of an origin's reputation being set by an incentive structure rather than by its beans.
- TrinitarioDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Sulawesi — The Indonesian island that produces most of the country's cacao, and the clearest illustration anywhere of an origin's reputation being set by an incentive structure rather than by its beans.
History and culture
- Cacao in IndonesiaWhere the expansion happened, and still the production centre.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)