BELIZE 70%

We chose this cacao to make into single origin chocolate because of its amazing flavor and quality.  Equally as important is the fact that we wanted to celebrate and support cacao farmers who are women and to promote gender equity on farms.  Below are some of the details about this unique Belize cacao that we wanted to share with all of you, so you can appreciate the time and commitment of these amazing farmers!

Origin: Belize

Tasting notes: Milk Chocolate, Frangipane, Coconut & Raisin

Ingredients: Single source cacao, organic cane sugar

Organically grown * Direct Trade * Gluten Free * Dairy Free * Soy Free * Vegan  

Nutrition facts: Serving size: 1.5oz. Calories: 280. Fat: 19g (29%). Cholesterol: 0mg (0%). Carbs: 23g (8%). Fiber: 3g (14%). Sugar: 14g

*All our chocolate may contain traces of nuts, tree nuts, peanuts, dairy, flour, and soy.

BELIZE

• Maya Mountain Cacao’s 100% Belizean Maya team processes all cacao at a centralized facility where three unique stages of sun drying create optimal flavor. Maya Mountain Cacao is focused on building long-term, transparent partnerships with farmers and producing uniquely delicious cacao that supports the communities of southern Belize
• Belize’s rich history of cacao production, combined with the country’s stunning limestone karstic landscape and lowland tropical rainforest, created the perfect storm of flavor that was waiting to be fine-tuned through centralized post-harvest. While ancient criollo can still be found deep in Belize’s nature reserves and small private plots, the vast majority of cacao cultivated by the smallholder Maya farmers in the south are Amelonado-dominant hybrids and other Upper Amazon Forastero hybrids. Maya Mountain Cacao is intercropped with hardwood trees, banana, mango, avocado, and coconut.