The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

TKO Farms has procured Trinitario Cacao Beans, a fine-flavor cacao celebrated for its fruity notes of raspberry, black currant, citrus, and apple. These beans, grown organically and naturally in ...

Cocoa beans fermented under banana leaves ... There are three broad types of cocoa forastero and crillo plus trinitario. Forastero is the major portion of all cocoa grown, amelonado is a forastero ...