Las Ubas Honduras | 100% Ritual Drinking Cacao

1lb | 454g

Notes:
Fig, walnut, raisin, plum, spice

The Farm Story:

Finca Las Ubas – Evelio Martínez Guerrero

Evelio Martínez Guerrero cultivates excellent trinitario cacao in La Unión de Capapan, Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras. Originally from Comayagua, he has lived in this community for 26 years with his wife, Seferina Melgar Sosa, a native of Olancho. They have two adult children, Merlín Evelio (23) and Nurian Daniela (21).

Evelio manages a diversified livelihood typical of smallholders in Olancho. His family farm, Finca Las Ubas, is located at approximately 500 meters above sea level. The property includes 20 manzanas of pastureland with cattle, subsistence plantings of maize and beans, and half a manzana (about 0.35 hectares) of cacao. The cacao plot consists of roughly 300 trees of the Trinitario variety.

The family keeps busy. In addition to farming, Evelio works as a mason and builder, and he and his family run a small business selling secondhand clothing from their home in the central part of their community. The family is well known locally for their hospitality; they prefer not to keep dogs to make their home more welcoming to visitors.

Outside of work, Evelio has a deep appreciation for music, especially English-language classics from artists like the Bee Gees, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Chicago, and Bob Marley. Though he regrets not having learned to play an instrument, he continues to value music as an important part of community and church life.

Ingredients:

100% heritage trinitario cacao

A Note on Allergens and Additives:

We stone grind our traceable cacao in machines also making delicious things from tree nuts. Apart from that, its very simple. We do not use emulsifiers like lecithins, or other additives like vanilla.

We never add sugar to Ritual Drinking Cacaos. They're 100% cacao, light roasted, cracked, air winnowed, and minimally processed on stone grinders to maintain the highest integrity from farm to cup. Every step we take with conscious love. When we drink our morning cacao, we sometimes like it with a small glob of honey and a tiny pinch of salt. Find out more on our recipes page!

Sugar in Cacao Bars:

When we add sugar to cacao bars, it is intentional. We only use traceable, raw, organically and regeneratively grown cane sugar. We add sugar for the purpose of attenuating the innate power of cacao to meet our limited palates, increasing our receptivity to the delight in every morsel.