Boundless intensity

In eastern Brazil, under the sparse canopy of the native Atlantic forest, the cocoa trees of the Riachuelo Plantation are planted according to the ancestral Cabruca system. Shrubs are replaced by traditionally planted cacao trees, only the tallest shading trees are preserved. The native Atlantic forest ecosystem is saved and naturally fosters the growth of cocoa trees. Today, a cabruca is the type of plantation most conducive to organic cocoa cultivation and guarantees healthy, generous and particularly flavoursome fruit. The Cabruca allows cocoa trees to inherit fragrances that are sometimes sweet, sometimes acidic from the surrounding fruit trees. A “cabruca” is a corridor for wildlife, a true marvel of biodiversity.