FLAVOR PROFILE: tropical fruit basket (persimmon, papaya, plum, mango, cherry, berries red glare, golden raisins, dates) & spice/herb chest (cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, sassafras, vanilla, pipe tobacco)
CHARACTERISTICS: fruit pods often colored sierra brown / red loam, which can transfer to the bar; simultaneously acidic & soft; ditto bitterness; good intensity
Chocolate-honey the lightning fuse for the fruit bomb of all Venezuela cacáos; extra spice aroma + earthiness bring it back to ground. Select, usually well-fermented, Trinitario / Criollo hybrid of Barlovento, Venezuela provenance & named after the port from where it was once shipped.
