Ucayali
A cacao growing region in Peru.
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A Peruvian Amazon region where cacao grows within the species' natural range, with both cultivated planting and wild or semi-wild stands. Genetic diversity here is high, which is characteristic of the upper Amazon generally.
- Country
- Peru
- Flavour families
- fruity, earthy
Terroir
Lowland Amazon rainforest with high rainfall, much of it accessible mainly by river.
Flavour character
Not recorded.
Not recorded by the sources consulted
ChocolateHQ has found no consistent flavour description for Ucayali material across the sources consulted, and does not invent one.
Other regions in Peru
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Part of
- PeruA Peruvian Amazon region where cacao grows within the species' natural range, with both cultivated planting and wild or semi-wild stands.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)