Spring Origin
Springs Cacao was named in a moment of astonishment. We were standing there, in a valley covered with a lush variety of trees: coffee, zapotillos, bananas, and many others. An agroforestry dream. By our side, Juan, grandfather in the family, told us there are 4 springs there, embedded in the delicious curves of this mountain jungle, at 400 m of altitude facing the Pacific coast. But there is more than one step to a true astonishment. Moments later-- we couldn't believe what we heard-- Juan was explaining that he remained organic because he never had enough money to buy the fertilizers that are suggested as a norm of success in that region. Synchronistic epiphany.
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"Your cacao is the best we’ve tried in a while,” we told him, “we will help you share this treasure to the world”. His smile underlined our joy: magic happened. Springs cacao magnifies a deep bitterness with coffee and banana accents. Its fat content surpasses most cacaos in the world due to the abundance of water in the village of “Las Victorias” where it grows. Also because it’s genomic lineage was preserved from industrial hybridization.
Today, Spring Origin is managed by Cheyo, the son of Juan. Cheyo breaths cacao every moment of his life. He dedicates his life to the preservation of the forest, his cacao and his father legacy.
cacao trees
Land size
Altitude
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Genetics
Local and regional criollo hybrids.
Environment
The farm is divided in several areas and gathers 78 cuerdas in total. Most of it is surrounded by semi wild fruit forests, covering the abrupt little valleys tearing the surrounding landscape.
There grows coffee, bananas, mangos, avocados, breadfruit, Kaymito, cane, zapotioll, palo banco.
The land counts 4 springs and several rivers, especially in the rainy seasons. It is divided between 3 valleys. .
Fermentation
Fermented 9 days in wooden box with banana leaves.
Ownership
2 parcels owned by 1 family in partnership with 4 other family farms of the neighborhood.
The owner, Juan, worked in several farms of the regions most of his life until one day, a social project came in and bought a large farm to redistribute to the local community for a very low price.
Give Back to your farmer
Give Back to farmer is an opportunity to value and recognize the hard work of farming communities. This donation will go into a community project co-created with Spring Origin farmers to support a social or environmental cause in the community. At the end of each year, we will be meeting the farmers with the total donation to decide the project to be funded.
