Chocolate Bars
Chuao, Venezuela 72% - (Castronovo)
(72% cacao)
 | Chuao, Venezuela 72% |  |
| Maker | |
| Percent Cacao | 72 |
| Ingredients | Cocoa beans, cane sugar, cocoa butter. cacao butter, cacao mass, cane sugar |
| Allergen Info | Made in a facility that uses milk and wheat. |
| Weight | 62g (2.2oz.) |
| Size | 75 x 175mm (3 x 6.9") |
| Purchased From | Castronovo Chocolate Stuart, FL |
| Year Purchased | 2024 |
| Maker Comments | Nestled in the valley of the cloud forest, lies the isolated village of Chuao in Venezuela. Only reachable by boat or on foot through the jungle, the village takes you away from the modern world to a setting of overwhelming nature and a 400-year tradition of cacao production, carried out by its native African American residents. Chuao's last-surviving, aristocratic Spanish heir, Doña Catalina, gifted the plantation and her slaves to the Franciscan friars, who erected Chuao's iconic church, cacao drying patio, processing area, and a place for social and cultural gathering. In the 1960s, historical justice arose from the valley when the workers were given the farm. Today only descendents [sic] of the original slaves, mostly women, work the cacao plantation. The women sing while they work, "long live the Chuao cacao, founded by Donña Catalina, it's rich and tasty and harvested by all of us." |
| Comments | |
| Reviews | |
| Vic's Rating | 9  9  |
| Deb's Rating | 10 10 |
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| Origin | Venezuela The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a country on the northern coast of South America. |
