Venezuela

Here the history of cocoa coincides with the origin of cocoa itself: the delicate Criollo and the robust Forastero, the two original subspecies of Theobroma Cocoa, find their roots in the forests of today’s Venezuela.
From being the world’s leading producer in the 17th century, today Venezuela represents only 0.5% of the world’s cocoa production, but remains an absolute world-class excellence in terms of quality.