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Our Cacao beans, butter, liquor & powder are from Satipo, Peru. All products are made from lightly fermented cacao beans.

The certified organic indigenous growers use an age old system of permaculture, where the cacao trees are planted under the native forest canopy, along with other fruit trees, such as mango, avocado, papaya etc. All of these trees add their distinctive nuances to the fine multi-floral flavor of this exquisite cacao.

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Association of cacao producers of Satipo

Satipo is a region that sits at the edge of Amazon basin at the base of the Andes mountain range. In this area Loving Earth works with 4 small producer groups that are grouped under the umbrella association of cacao producers of Satipo that consists of 164 families in total. This association is certified organic by Control Union and is a member of the Fair Trade Association.  This ensures the cacao is certified organic and fairly traded. Each family has approximately 2 hectares of criollo cacao and coffee bushes grown in the understory of larger trees - mainly coconut and other forest trees. The cacao of this region is known locally as the queen of cacao due to its fine aroma and distinctive flavour that is typical of South American criollos. With the increasing demand for this quality organic cacao the association has been steadily growing by introducing more producers to the organic farming methods and post harvest processing techniques. The association has set up a facility where they can process the cacao beans into cacao liquor and then cold press the liquor into powder and butter. This has taken some local ingenuity as cacao presses are normally heated to 80ºC so that they can operate efficiently. Cold pressing the cacao is a more laborious process and the cacao powder is left with a higher percentage of butter than the conventionally processed cacao. However as you have probably experienced the end product is vastly superior both in flavour and nutritional content. Due to this unique and high quality finished product the producers are able to charge a significantly higher price for their product than the standard fair trade cacao price.