Cacao Info Resources?
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This are some maps I gotSole
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Cacao Info Resources?
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VanessaIm sorry. I got this from a pdf, much bigger doc. Im trying to get it right for you.Sole
Cacao Info Resources?
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I have one that might interest you. It is a map of the Ecuadorian Nacional. The only forastero in the world to be considered aroma cocoa . Consider Ecuador produces the 60% of the aroma cocoa of the world. I send you an attached doc. The arriba subtype is not mentioned in the map, but corresponds to the Los Rios and Guayas provinces, southwest of the country. It is the one Samantha talks about.I hope this is useful to you.Sole
Chocolates of Ecuador -- Arriba, Nacional, CCN51
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Yea, what a neat and clear panorama of the cacaos . It certainly revolutionizes the traditional view in terms of varieties. The idea of the google map is great. I think we are talking about many maps, if we want more detail, many maps put together.
Chocolates of Ecuador -- Arriba, Nacional, CCN51
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Yes, itis amazing, but something that surprized me the most was the fact that there are some theories that imply that there are many more types of cocoa than we initially thought. This comes out of a serious genetic study .Check it out in the following link. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0003311#aff4 The conclusions are:Should cacao be reclassified from the traditional 3 (Forastero,Criollo, Trinitario) into the 10 categories suggested in the researchstudy *Geographic and Genetic Population Differentiation of theAmazonian Chocolate Tree.The suggested new categories are:1.Amelonado Brazil2. Contamana - Peru3.Criollo - Central America, Venezuela4.Columbia5.Curaray - Ecuador6. Guiana - Guyane7.Iquitos - Peru8.Maraon - Brazil (Amazon) and Peru9.Nacional - Ecuador10.Nanay - Peru11. Purs PeruThe arriba cacao from Ecuador, is a a type of Nacional
Chocolates of Ecuador -- Arriba, Nacional, CCN51
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Casey:I think the traditional importers of cacao arriba started business many years before CCN51 appeared. They are for a long time used to the characteristic flavor and aromas of arriba, i dont think they would ever change or be cheated about it. Plus they have an educated consumer who p for that quality.In the laws of Ecuador, there are prohibitions to mix the CNN51 with arriba or Nacional.Arriba strictly talking, only grows in a defined geographical area of Ecuador, arriba, means up the river, in the surroundings of the Guayas an Babahoyo rivers, in higher elevations, than other lower land cocoas. Nacional, in the other side is the term that embodies all the forasteros considered to be fine in Ecuador.Both Nacional an Arriba are forasteros.In the last century, about a hundred years ago, the plagues almost killed the arriba varietals and many cocoa varietals were introduced to strenght the original arriba cocoa. These other cocoa from Venezuela, Trinidad, etc gave the original arriba the power to survive the plagues, but the main character arriba prevailed through the years. Our actual arriba got some criollo and trinitario features.For some especialistas the arriba original variety still exists pure just in a 10% of the whole fine cocoa in Ecuador.Definetibelly I think the cocoa and chocolate conosseurs buy the best national and arriba cocoa, while the CCN51 is internally and externally of lower consideration. It just does not attain any of the real characteristics of fine cocoa.There is a need to protect the arriba origin, and there is a project in Ecuador led by official, and private organizations to legalize the arriba in the frame of the Ecuador laws under the origin denomination (denominacin de orgen) .That is for now, there is a lot more to talk about arriba....Mara Soledad Troya