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Did you know that “sustainability” is not always sustainable?

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In fact, real sustainability is a tricky thing:The term “sustainable” is just as unprotected as “ecological” or “fair”, for example. And because these words are not defined strictly enough, they are used excessively in corporate communications and advertising. Basically, sustainability means satisfying the needs of the present in such a way that the opportunities of […]

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Did you know that one bar of CHUNCHO GOLD Grand Cru contains cocoa from two CHuncho fruits?

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That’s a total of about 66 cocoa beans. Because chuncho pods are smaller than the highly cultivated industrial cocoa varieties and the cocoa beans, the seeds of the fruit, are also small, extra handwork goes into each chocolate.This aspect also contributes to the fact that our Chuncho Gold Grand Cru chocolates are real specialties and

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Did you know that cocoa shell tea is made from the dried skins of roasted cocoa beans?

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Each cocoa bean is surrounded by a thin skin. Before the cocoa is processed into nibs or chocolate, it is removed. Poured over hot water, these cocoa shells become a velvety, smooth, incredibly chocolaty tea. Make yourself also comfortable with a cup of cocoa shell tea and enjoy the incomparable, and at the same time

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Did you know that agroforestry systems are also a pantry, bank, and health insurance?

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In and around our agroforestry areas, many other food crops grow besides cacao papayas, avocados, chili, cinnamon. Because they ripen at very different times, this pantry of farmers is always fresh and richly filled. As shade trees, our farmers also plant mahogany. Because this noble tree now grows and grows, it becomes worth more every

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Did you know? The rainforest in the Urubamba Valley represents a Pleistocene relict and is thus at least 12,000 years old!

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Rainforests are ecosystems with a long history. Our rainforest in Peru is probably a relic from the Pleistocene and thus at least 12,000 years old. The trees that we protect today with PERÚ PURO are naturally younger, but in individual cases they certainly still have several hundred years under their belt.If you cut down trees

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Did you know that it takes at least four days to travel from Germany to the Urubamba Valley?

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That’s where I want to go,” we hear again and again when we talk about ourcacao cultivation in the Urubamba Valley. And of course you can do that, isHowever, it is much more time-consuming than many people think. From Europe goesit by 12-hour flight to Lima. Here must be at least onceovernight stay, before it

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Did you know that our cocoa farmers plant precious woods such as mahogany between the cocoa plants in order to secure their pension later on?

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Because cacao trees originally occur in the understory of tropical rainforests, they feel particularly comfortable under tall trees. To ensure that this is also the case in our agroforestry systems, we have planted up to 70 different native species of such shade trees – and they are worth a story of their own. In the

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