CACAO BEANS

Raw, whole cocoa beans from the Kilombero Valley in Tanzania 

Varietal: Trintario, National hybrid of seeding

Fermentation: Min 85% well fermented
Drying Style: All beans are sun-dried in a combination of direct and indirect
(shaded) sunlight on portable drying tables

Tasting notes: Red fruit forward, sour apple, mellowing out to a fairly mild cocoa flavour