Trinitario
Variety of Cacao · Theobroma cacao
Hardy fine-flavour hybrid combining Criollo aroma with Forastero resilience.
Also known as: Trinitario-Kakao
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
nuttybitteraromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Criollo x Forastero (Hybrid, entstanden auf Trinidad)
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
Description
Fruit
Highly variable pod and bean shape, beans white to purple. Aromatic with a good share of fine flavour.
Growth
Natural hybrid of Criollo and Forastero that arose on Trinidad after the collapse of its Criollo plantations. Vigorous and relatively hardy.
Yield
Medium to high yield; harvested year-round. A key source of fine flavour cacao alongside Nacional and Criollo.
Notes
Basis of many named cultivars (ICS, TSH etc.). Partly recognised as fine flavour.
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