Free delivery in Switzerland from CHF 69.00

    Cocoa and vanilla agroforestry

    Farm Journal

    Mucurcuma

    Vanilla is an ingredient that goes perfectly with chocolate. This marriage is so balanced that it occurs naturally in the forest between the cocoa tree and the vanilla tree. Indeed, vanilla is a very popular crop in agroforestry, because it can be grown in symbiosis with other plants, trees and crops such as the cocoa tree which offers shade and support to this small orchid.
    For our part, we have chosen to combine cocoa and vanilla on our Mucurcuma farm in São Tomé, because these two plants do not compete for nutrients and do not have any common pathogens. Currently, we are in harvest period until the end of June. This year was more than good thanks to a long and marked “gravana” dry period which allowed the plants to flower in abundance. Harvesting is a long stage where we must pay attention to the plants and pick them when the end of the pod takes on a yellowish appearance over one centimeter. We look forward to showing you the fruits of our harvests soon.

    Plantain | Plantain banana
    Vanilla Care | Vanilla maintenance

    Comments

    Leave a comment

    Expert cacoa et Chocolat

    Sacha Malka

    Propriétaire de Chocolats du Monde et passionné par l'univers du chocolat, j’ai exploré le cacao sous toutes ses formes. Actif sur le terrain depuis 2017, j'ai fondé la ferme de cacao Augusto & Malka à São Tomé. En 2019, pour poursuivre mon apprentissage, j'ai rejoint l'Université de Genève et l'EPFZ en Sciences de l'Environnement pour me spécialiser dans le recherche en agroforesterie du cacao. Au cours de mes études, j'ai eu la chance de travailler au Ghana sur les divers systèmes de cacaoculture. Depuis 2022, je concrétise ma passion du chocolat en étant propriétaire de Chocolats du Monde et en travaillant en étroite collaboration avec les meilleurs chocolatiers du monde entier. Aujourd’hui, je suis toujours autant fasciné par la diversité aromatique et physionomique du cacao et je souhaite partager mon enthousiasme avec le plus grand nombre d’amateurs de chocolat.

    More information

    Dogs and chocolate

    Chocolats du Monde is today looking at the dangers of our kitchens for our four-legged friends and the reflexes to adopt. The danger of chocolate...
    Read more

    Cocoa and vanilla agroforestry

    Vanilla is an ingredient that goes perfectly with chocolate. This marriage is so balanced that it occurs naturally in the forest between cocoa and vanilla.
    Read more

    How to make Vanilla?

    Vanilla is one of the most prized spices in the world, known for its delicate aroma and sweet flavor. Vanilla processing involves several carefully orchestrated...
    Read more