Includes : Champagne, Strawberry, Cream Cheese, Cacao Nib, Edible Gold Flakes
Type: Estate
Location: Matasawalevu, Dreketi, Vanua Levu, Fiji
Tasting Notes: Cashew, Caramel, Vanilla
Varieties: Forastero, Amelonado
Fermentation Style: Four-tiered hardwood box
Drying Style: Sun dried on raised beds
Harvest Season: March - May and October - December
Matasawalevu Cocoa is part of a cocoa industry revitalization project on Fiji’s second largest island, Vanua Levu, led by Arif Khan of Cacao Fiji. Arif started Cacao Fiji in 2014 after tasting a chocolate bar sourced from Fiji beans and talking to farmers on Fiji’s largest island, Viti Levu, about the difficulties they had finding markets for their cocoa. Arif was inspired to return to his home country and build a link to the craft chocolate movement farming, processing and exporting Fiji cocoa beans.
