Born from the dry, desert valleys in Piura, Northern Peru, the ultra-rare Piura Malingas is a dazzling example of special, locally grown Peruvian cacao.
Piura Malingas 75% is here thanks to our intrepid Bean Team and partners. Our cacao hunter, Jan, came across the Malingas beans in 2014, and impressed by the richness of fruit flavor and nice acidity, he set out to see where the beans were grown. Jan was surprised to find that in the middle of a region known for its white cacao the beans of Malingas are not white at all. The next surprise came when he saw the families of Malingas village ferment their cacao beans with craft in front of their houses, rather than bring them to a central fermentation station.
Malingas farmers are rightfully proud about their excellent cacao skills and unique variety, dazzling as the butterflies resting in the shade of old and new Piura cacao groves.
The Piura Malingas is different morphologically from her sister, the Piura Blanco, in that it has a low percentage of white beans enclosed in highly furrowed and elongated pods. Both cacaos are old-grown landraces, as pure as they get, since no modern hybrid cocoas have been planted in this area.
The quality of the Piura Malingas cacao allows us to pay substantial incentives for sustainable cacao farming with high payouts per hectare. Our conservation strategy is implemented in partnership with Norandino, a regional farmer cooperative. In 2016 alone, more than 100.000 trees were planted. We also support the amazing conservation work of a youth organization in Puerta Pulache that has raised more than 20,000 cacao seedlings and more than 10,000 native forest trees! On the ground, we also
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Luis, cacao grower in Piura, Peru
Notes of lemon, red berry and passionfruit sing out from this Rarest of Rare cacaos—another fruit of Piura—as dazzling as Peru’s delicate butterflies it grows among. One Bar : One Tree Each purchase of Malingas 75% preserves this dazzling cacao varietal beans and its butterfly companions.
Cacao mass*, direct-trade cacao butter*, raw cane sugar*, (*certified organic),
PIURA MALINGAS 75% ORGANIC DARK CHOCOLATE NUTRITION FACTS Per 100g Energy:2434 Kj/581 kcal Fat:45 g of which saturated fat:28 g Carbohydrate:42 g of which sugars:24 g Dietary Fibre:12 g Protein:8 g Salt: 0.03 g Cholesterol:0.7 mg Iron: 14 mg Calcium:0
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