Castronovo - "Awajun Women" 70% Dark Chocolate - Peru ucayali chocolate bar Rediscovered in 2008

Rediscovered in 2008

organic cocoa nibs

which gives this bar a beautiful texture & fine aroma (dairy-free)

cranberries

peppercorn

Castronovo - "Awajun Women" 70% Dark Chocolate - Peru ucayali chocolate bar Rediscovered in 2008In 2019, Denise Castronovo was invited to Peru to represent the U. S. chocolate makers at the Cacao and Chocolate Salon in Lima. She learned about a cacao cooperative of indigenous women from the Awajn and Huambisa communities in the Amazon rainforest. Traditionally, men provide for their families by selling their hunt and fish catch for income and women take care of farming, cooking, and the children. Now, with the commercialization of cacao women