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El Salvador


Elmer Martinez

El Copinol Escondido

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CriolloClones finos de aromaFermented

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About this cacao

When Elmer planting cacao, it was by chance, his uncle gave him eleven pods, he planted the seeds and got his first 170 cacao trees. At the same time, they planted citrus and fruit trees. His entourage, surprised by the color and the large size of his beans, qualified his cacao as poor quality at the time. Elmer and his family never gave up, they then started to plant the trinitario variety and they also opened your own chocolate factory. Today, to his surprise, people admire his cacao criollo for the aromas and for the white beans.
« Today I can say that I live from my production and that cacao has changed my life."

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  • Origin

    El Salvador
  • Region

    Morazan
  • Terroir

    El Tablon
  • Farm

    El Copinol Escondido
  • Producer

    Elmer Martinez
  • Altitude

    1000
  • Varieties

    Criollo,

    Clones finos de aroma

  • Process

    Fermented

  • Fermentation time

    6 days
  • Fermentation of the bean

    85%
  • Drying

    18 days on drying beds

  • Harvest period

    September - May
  • Type of harvest

    Manual

The farm El Copinol Escondido

El Copinol Escondido is a small farm, but an important family project: you have to walk 40 minutes between waterfalls, plantations and forest to reach the top of the mountain, where there is a huge Copinol (Hymenaea courbaril), and the name of Elmer's farm takes on its full meaning. At Copinol Escondido, there is a constant replanting of fruit trees and an emphasis on manual weeding and organic fertilisation.

  • Agroforestry level

    Simple

Meet Elmer Martinez

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A few words about Elmer Martinez

When Elmer planting cacao, it was by chance, his uncle gave him eleven pods, he planted the seeds and got his first 170 cacao trees. At the same time, they planted citrus and fruit trees. His entourage, surprised by the color and the large size of his beans, qualified his cacao as poor quality at the time. Elmer and his family never gave up, they then started to plant the trinitario variety and they also opened your own chocolate factory. Today, to his surprise, people admire his cacao criollo for the aromas and for the white beans. 

« Today I can say that I live from my production and that cacao has changed my life."   

 

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