{"title":"Ceremonial Cacao","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis cacao comes from \u003cstrong\u003eChichontepec\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost maps call it San Vicente. In Nahuat it is Chichontepec — the mountain of two breasts — twin peaks rising to 2,180 meters in central El Salvador. It is the second-highest volcano in the country and visible from nearly all of it. Long before there were maps, people located themselves by this mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ground is volcanic.\u003c\/strong\u003e Andesitic lava layered over with ash, built up across eruptions older than any record. The mountain is dormant, but hot springs and fumaroles still run along its flanks — heat working its way up through the same earth the trees root into. Cacao grown in ash-fed volcanic soil carries a mineral depth you can taste. It is the difference between a cup that is merely chocolate and a cup with weight to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe air moves.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pacific wind crosses the lowlands and climbs the southern slopes. Cloud settles over the high ground and holds there. Cool, humid, shaded — the fruit ripens slowly, and slow fruit concentrates. Nothing about this place rushes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe people have been here for generations.\u003c\/strong\u003e Farming families ring the base of the volcano and work its flanks. They know when the rains arrive, when the pods are ready, how long to let the ferment run. That knowledge isn't written down anywhere. It is held in hands, passed down, and it is the reason this cacao tastes the way it does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery pound sold sends money back to those farms and to the people who live on that mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganic. Fermented and hand-crafted in small batches. Available in 4 oz, 8 oz, and 1 lb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShips nationwide, or pick up free\u003c\/strong\u003e at Boulder Cafe, 71829 Hwy 62, Twentynine Palms, CA — usually ready within 24 hours.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cacao-resonance-cacao","title":"Resonance Cacao — 4 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003eOrganic cacao grown on the volcanic slopes of Chichontepec in central El Salvador, where ash-fed soil and Pacific air moving up the mountain shape every bean. Fermented and hand-crafted in small batches — nothing added, nothing rushed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 oz block. 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