Nahua is Costa Rica’s leading fine flavor single-origin cacao provider with a strong social mission. We directly purchase wet cacao at fair and consistent prices from smallholder growers in the northernmost provinces of Costa Rica and nurture the full-bodied flavor through our post-harvest processing facility.

Our cacao has been internationally recognized for its high quality and unique flavor profile, used in awarded chocolate bars in both the Americas and European competitions of 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 International Chocolate Awards.

Nahua’s cacao bean flavor profile is very balanced, characterized by strong cacao notes, yellow fruits, warm and full cherry tastes, combined with a subtle hint of grapefruit and the full body of caramel notes. The acidity is low to medium and appropriately fermented under strict quality control.

Nahua Quality Standard

Sampling analysis

Sievings< 1%

Flat beans< 2%

Beans clusters< 2%

Broken beans< 1%

Fragments/pieces of Shell< 1%

Foreign matter< 1%

Cutting analysis

Mouldy beans< 1%

Insect damaged beans< 1%

Slaty beans< 1%

Germinated beans< 1%

Violet beans< 25%

Whole beans equal to 100 g<92

Moisture<7.5%