ARCHOCOL – Asociación de Cacaoteros y Artesanos Chocolateros de Colombia
A national cacao network unites artisanal chocolate makers, cacao specialists and family-owned businesses throughout Colombia, committed to sustainability, traceability, and transformation of fine-flavor cacao into specialty products.
- Country: Colombia.
- Departments: Norte de Santander, Arauca, Cundinamarca
- Municipalities: Toledo, Zulia, Tibú, Arauquita, Tame, Fortul, Nilo, Viotá, Yacopí, Pacho
- Elevation:300 – 1400 M.A.S.L.
- Varietal: Fear 5, Tame 2, Saravena 13, San Vicente 41, Criollo & Trinitario hybrids, TSH5.
- Sensorial profile: Nutty, red berries notes, with low acidity.
- Arauca: Soft nutty notes, citrus fruits, and floral hints
- Cundinamarca: Intense cacao, woody notes, lightly floral
- Processing method: Fermented in wooden beds using banana leaves
- Drying: “Casa Elda” method and sun-drying
- Sustainability certificates: None.
