Ullulawl Origin
This ancestral cacao is the product of "Tuqtuquilal", a regenerative center that uses reforestation to empower cacao. The collective is focusing on the exchange of information to develop sustainable living solutions for the benefit of the local Q’eqchi community and visitors alike. The center is a start-up “not for profit” that grows cacao, without the use of agrochemicals. In 2019, the project empowered the creation of a cooperative of farmers gathering about 70 families in the area.
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Meet your farmer!
This cacao is grown in the mountain region of Alta Verapaz, close to the famous waterfalls of Semuc Champey, and at the mouth of the Lanquin River.
The collective’s focus on breed selection allows them to distribute highly aromatic criollo hybrid beans that are carefully fermented, dried, selected, and processed without the use of electricity.
cacao trees
Land size
Altitude
workers
Genetics
Blend of local hybrids
Environment
Small villages on mountain side valley. Young fruit forest gardens, proximity with many viviendas, surrounded by wilderness. Most producers grows alongside the cacao some spices, copal, fruit trees and much more.
Fermentation
9 days in large wooden box. moved twice/day.
Ownership
70+ Q'eqchi families locally owning land organized by tuqtuquilal regenerative center.
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 Ullulawl 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.
