2/29/2024 - 3/7/2024
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In celebration of Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund's tenth anniversary, they are auctioning off a once-in-a-lifetime lot of beans from the farm of Felix Paredes, the Grand Cru of Alto Beni beans. Felix has been farming cacao in the Alto Beni for 60 years. His beans were part of the mix for our HCP #1 designation, but this new lot is 100% from the Paredes farm. “When I saw his trees full of colorful cacao pods,” says Volker, “I knew he was the one to make a very special HCP#1 batch for the 10th anniversary.”

The beans were box-fermented for five days, mixed once per day, and dried in three stages: first with warm air in a stainless-steel flatbed dryer, then rested for two days in open bags in a greenhouse, then finished for two half days in direct sun. The result is perfection. “I believe this is one of the best batches I’ve ever made,” says Volker.
 

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