66% Palo Blanco Community, Chulucanas, Peru

66% cacao and sugar, nothing else. With a balanced sweetness, reminiscent of dried fruit, particularly figs. When we toured Peruvian cacao farms in 2011, we were very impressed with the operation of Juan de La Cruz, from the village of Palo Blanco. When we ordered Chulucanas, we specifically requested beans from this collection center in Palo Blanco. It’s an oasis of very special cacao trees in the coastal desert of Piura, Peru.