Heirloom Arriba Nacional Cacao

• These trees have more robust, non-domesticated genetics

• Only 1% of the entire world's cacao production is Arriba Nacional

• The other 99% of cacao production comes from plantation grown heavily hybridized varieties that can't compare to the flavor and overall experience of Arriba Nacional.

Wild Jungle Grown

• Ethically sourced: the caretakers of these trees are paid 3-4x fair trade prices, which incentives them to be good stewards of the jungle.

• The cacao comes from 40-80 year old wild trees in a jungle environment, grown in mineral-rich soil - never from a mono-cropped plantation farm.

Mycotoxin-Free Raw Cacao

• The cacao beans are fermented using traditional techniques and dried very carefully and in small batches to ensure temperature control and to prevent the growth of mold and formation of mycotoxins.

• The cacao is raw, never roasted, so all heat sensitive beneficial compounds remain intact.

Stone Ground

• The cacao beans are broken into cacao nibs and slowly stone-ground into cacao paste over 10-12 hours. The facility only processes this wild organic cacao.

• It is then pressed to separate the cacao butter and cacao powder. The slow speed and specialized equipment allow us to keep the temperatures low.