HOW DOES CACAO GROW?
Botany experts divide cocoa plants into 3 groups. The Creole the Stranger and the Trinitarian, known among them as Theobroma Cacao.
Its height is 4 to 5 meters with very small pink flowers that grow on older branches. Its cultivation should be carried out under 50% shade and 80% humidity, a temperature of 23 degrees Celsius is ideal for its growth.
The cob takes about 150 days to reach the crop size taking a yellowish appearance in some cases its hue varies between red or orange indicating the end point of the harvest being manually the tear of the fruit.
In the Dominican Republic the largest production of Cacao is concentrated in the Cibao region between the provinces Duarte, Sanchez Ramirez and Maria Trinidad Sanchez being one of the key products in the country's economy.
Come and meet our magnificent Dominican Cocoa!
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