ECUADOR – FINCA GARYTH NACIONAL ORGANIC

Nacional cacao grows on the hills of Santo Domingo de las Tsachilas, on the Cedeño Aguilar family farm. The passion and care for cacao is reflected in an astonishing profile with taste of ripe tropical fruits, pleasant alcoholic note and tobacco. It’s low acidity and chocolaty taste make the beans a pleasure to work with.

Location

  • Region: Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas in Northwest Ecuador
  • Source: Family farm

Quality

  • Variety: 100% Neo-Nacional
  • Flavour: Complex and mild profile with wild tropical flavours, green banana, fresh almonds and tobacco
  • Fermentation: 7 days in wooden boxes in a controlled indoor fermentation center
  • Drying: Mechanical air-drying, powered by renewable energy

Certification

EU Organic certification

Supply Chain

100% traceable supply chain from a single plantation. Cacao is produced, processed and packed in 69 kg bags on the family farms, and transported by truck to Guayaquil, from where it is shipped.

People

Medical insurance, paid holidays and school bonuses for children are included in the remuneration package of all workers on the farm.

Forest & Nature

Sustainable agroforestry system in symbioses with the natural environment. No pesticides and only organic fertilizers are used. Cacao is dried with a heat inductor fuelled by palm husks.

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