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Maranatha

Harvested cacao pods ready for processingHarvesting pods
Ripe cacao pods at the farmRipe cacao at the farm
Cacao plant with pods in San MartínPods on the tree
Hybrid Trinitario cacao in San MartínHybrid cacao, San Martín
Freshly harvested Trinitario cacaoFreshly harvested Trinitario
Harvest day at the cacao farmHarvest day
Hand-selected dry cacao beansHand-sorted dry beans
Cacao pod and cacao pasteFrom tree to paste
Maranatha family with cacao paste next to a cacao treeThe Maranatha family
Cacao plant with ripe pods at the farmRipe pods
Cacao plantation at night in San MartínPlantation at dusk
Cacao nibs on dark backgroundCacao nibs
Dry cacao beans in 1 kg presentation bag1 kg packaging
Cacao beans sun-drying in a heart shapeSun-drying
Harvest of thirteen ripe pods from a single cacao tree13 pods from one tree
Nursery of young cacao seedlings ready for plantingPlant nursery
Cacao plant loaded with small pods at the farmPlant full of pods
View of bijao leaves at Fundo MaranathaBijao leaves
Fine-aroma hybrid Trinitario cacao in San MartínFine flavor cacao
Freshly harvested cacao in fermentation box at Fundo MaranathaFresh cacao in fermentation box
Cacao finishing fermentation in wooden boxEnd of fermentation
Cacao in final fermentation stage in wooden boxFermenting in wood
Temperature control of cacao in fermentation boxTemperature control
Cut test: well-fermented brown cacao beanCut test: well-fermented
Cacao sun-drying bed with view of solar panelsSun-drying, solar panel view
Cacao at drying beds with the Maranatha familyFamily at the drying beds
All cacao varieties at Fundo MaranathaFarm's cacao varieties
Fine-flavor criollo hybrid cacao growing at Fundo MaranathaFine-flavor criollo hybrid
Creek and stream alongside Fundo MaranathaCreek beside the farm
Harvested corn at Fundo Maranatha farmHarvested corn
Dry cacao beans in 1 kg bag – Fundo MaranathaDry beans, 1 kg bag
Artisan cacao nibs on a tray – Fundo MaranathaCacao nibs on tray
Roasted peeled cacao in bulk – Fundo MaranathaBulk roasted peeled cacao
Packaged cacao husk bag – Fundo MaranathaPackaged cacao husk
Fine-flavor dry cacao beans in jute sack – Fundo MaranathaDry beans in jute sack
Wooden boxes with cacao on fermentation day 1 – Fundo MaranathaFermentation day 1
Artisan cacao fermentation boxes full on day one – Fundo MaranathaFermentation boxes
Cacao husk packaged and ready to sell – Fundo MaranathaCacao husk ready to sell
Grinding roasted cacao to obtain pure cacao paste – Fundo MaranathaGrinding for cacao paste
100% pure cacao paste with cacao tree background – Fundo MaranathaPure paste, cacao tree
Solar panels at Fundo Maranatha generating clean energyClean energy at the farm
Green areas and trees cared for at Fundo Maranatha – sustainabilityWe care for our green areas
Caring for the stream beside Fundo MaranathaCaring for the river water
Harvested coconuts at Fundo Maranatha – sustainable polycultureFarm coconuts
Dry cacao bean split in two showing brown colour of good fermentation – Fundo MaranathaCut test: good fermentation
Cacao plant loaded with pods at Fundo MaranathaCacao plant full of pods
Cacao plant in full bloom at Fundo MaranathaCacao in bloom
Cacao plant with several ripe pods – Fundo MaranathaRipe cacao pods
Cacao plant with several pods in San Martín – Fundo MaranathaPods on the tree
Cacao plant with abundant pods at Fundo MaranathaAbundant cacao pods
Hybrid cacao plant with several pods – Fundo Maranatha, San MartínHybrid cacao with pods
Loaded hybrid cacao plant at Fundo MaranathaLoaded hybrid plant
Cacao harvest day at Fundo Maranatha – San MartínHarvest day at the farm
Whole roasted peeled cacao bean held in hand – Fundo MaranathaRoasted peeled bean in hand
Cacao nibs in trilayer bag with cacao pod background – Fundo MaranathaNibs in trilayer bag
Cacao nibs with Fundo Maranatha backgroundFarm cacao nibs
Dry cacao beans in 1 kg presentation bag – alternative photo Fundo MaranathaDry beans 1 kg presentation