# Silva: Cacao with an identity > We supply passionate chocolate makers with specialty cacao with an identity, directly sourced from its origins, while taking care of flavour, forests, farmers and the future\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.0, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [About](https://silva-cacao.com/about/) - [Overview](https://silva-cacao.com/products/overview/) - [Home](https://silva-cacao.com/) - [Newsletter](https://silva-cacao.com/newsletter/) - [Press](https://silva-cacao.com/press/) ## Posts - [GUATEMALA CACAO](https://silva-cacao.com/articles/silva-cacao-guatemala-cacao-range/): A Fingerprint unlike Any Other - [THAILAND: WHERE CACAO FINDS ITS FLAVOUR EDGE](https://silva-cacao.com/articles/thailand-where-cacao-finds-its-flavour-edge/): Thailand cacao is redefining specialty chocolate\. Discover three unique microlots from different regions, each showcasing distinct flavour profiles shaped by terroir, climate, and innovative post\-harvest techniques\. - [BEYOND THE CACAO BEAN](https://silva-cacao.com/articles/beyond-the-cacao-bean/) - [TO ORGANIC OR NOT TO ORGANIC](https://silva-cacao.com/articles/to-organic-or-not-to-organic/): \

\\Understanding How the EU’s 2025 Rulebook Shapes Cacao Value Chains\\\ - [UGANDA: WHERE FLAVOUR, FOREST \& FARMERS FLOURISH FOR THE FUTURE](https://silva-cacao.com/articles/uganda-flavour-forest-farmer-future/): \

Since our first tasting in 2020, our journey with Ugandan cacao has grown through field partnerships, expert fermentation, and shared passion\.\ ## Products - [Guatemala Lachua Ayin](https://silva-cacao.com/product/guatemala-lachua-ayin/): \Ayin\ means Crocodile in Q'eqchi'\. A separate production lot at Finca Paso Cocodrillo, the Ayin is a single\-variety cacao with long, small beans that behave quite differently from most — more demanding to read, more challenging to work with\. Once you crack the code, the flavours unlocked are extraordinary\. Complex, deep, earthy, with a savoury tobacco finish that lingers long after the bar is gone\. A true pleasure for the experienced chocolate maker who appreciates a cacao that challenges them\.   - [Guatemala Lachuá Blend](https://silva-cacao.com/product/guatemala-lachua-blend/): Q'eqchi' Maya cacao farming families work together through community associations to plant, harvest, process exceptional organic cacao\. The cacao farms in the Lachuá eco\-region are planted amidst lush hills surrounding a pristine large karstic lake and the communities are actively engaged in environmental conservation\.   - [Guatemala Cahabón Chivite Organic](https://silva-cacao.com/product/guatemala-cahabon-chivite/): This association of Q'eqchi' Maya families produces ultra\-premium cacao in a remote river valley of the Cahabón department, accessible only by swinging bridge over the wide, rushing Cahabón river\. To sell cacao, association members carry 100\-lb sacks over the bridge on their backs\. The group carefully controls post\-harvest processing and achieves exceptional flavor profiles in limited volumes\.   - [Guatemala Finca Agua Blanca](https://silva-cacao.com/product/guatemala-finca-agua-blanca/): Surrounded by sugarcane fields on Guatemala's Pacific Coast, Finca Agua Blanca is a quiet revolution in land use\. Eduardo Herrera conserved a 100\-year\-old conacaste forest and built cacao agroforestry systems alongside rubber, avocado, and native timber — creating biological corridors for birds, pollinators and small mammals in a landscape where few others bother\. The protocol produces consistently well\-fermented beans \(75–80%\) from a fully traceable, farm\-integrated supply chain\. This is cacao from a region with deep ancient roots — Olmec and Maya civilisations cultivated cacao here long before it ever reached European tables\. Now rediscovered and reimagined\.   - [Guatemala Finca Rosario Quezada](https://silva-cacao.com/product/guatemala-rosario-quezada/): Finca Rosario Quezada is an ancient family farm from 1970 where first coffee was grown, followed by palm, and het owenrs decided in 2013 to covert to plan cacao in agroforestry under the shade of forest trees and macadamia trees\. The on\-site post harvest facility allows proper control in fermentation and drying\.   ## Events - [Salon du Chocolat](https://silva-cacao.com/event/salon-du-chocolat/): \The Salon du Chocolat in Paris is the world’s largest event dedicated to \\chocolate and cacao\. Please pass by to say 'hi' to our Silva team\.\ \ \     - [Le Paris Café Festival](https://silva-cacao.com/event/le-paris-cafe-festival/): Coffee and Cacao Pairings by Cuprima and \Silva Cacao\ ‘Tasting similarities and complementarities’ - [Chocoa 2024](https://silva-cacao.com/event/chocoa-2024/) - [Dominican Republic Zorzal](https://silva-cacao.com/event/dom-rep-zorzal/): During this trip you will get insights and knowledge on cacao farming, haverst and post\-harvest and meet our great partners in Dominican Republic\. - [Salon du Chocolat](https://silva-cacao.com/event/salon-du-chocolat-paris-2022/): \The Salon du Chocolat in Paris is the world’s largest event dedicated to \\chocolate and cacao\. Please pass by to say 'hi' to our Silva team \& farming partners\. \You will will probably us in our corner\-stand \(Pavillon 5\.1 \- Booth E14\) or wandering around the different origin booths\. \ \     ## Categories - [News](https://silva-cacao.com/category/news/) - [Articles](https://silva-cacao.com/category/articles/) - [Origins \& Farming](https://silva-cacao.com/category/origins-and-farming/) - [Quality \& Tasting](https://silva-cacao.com/category/quality-tasting/) - [Bean2Bar Making](https://silva-cacao.com/category/bean2bar-making/) ## Tags - [silva cacao](https://silva-cacao.com/tag/silva-cacao/) - [chocolate](https://silva-cacao.com/tag/chocolate/) - [chocolate tasting](https://silva-cacao.com/tag/chocolate-tasting/) - [specialty cacao](https://silva-cacao.com/tag/specialty-cacao/) - [chocolate making](https://silva-cacao.com/tag/chocolate-making/) ## Site - [Silva](https://silva-cacao.com/site/silva/) ## Country - [Venezuela](https://silva-cacao.com/country/venezuela/) - [Peru](https://silva-cacao.com/country/peru/) - [Guatemala](https://silva-cacao.com/country/guatemala/) - [Madagascar](https://silva-cacao.com/country/madagascar/) - [Ecuador](https://silva-cacao.com/country/ecuador/) ## Flavours - [Nutty](https://silva-cacao.com/flavour_profile/nutty/) - [Chocolaty](https://silva-cacao.com/flavour_profile/chocolaty/) - [Sweet](https://silva-cacao.com/flavour_profile/sweet/) - [Fruity](https://silva-cacao.com/flavour_profile/fruity/) - [Dried fruits](https://silva-cacao.com/flavour_profile/dried-fruits/) ## Certification - [Organic](https://silva-cacao.com/certification/organic/) - [Fair Trade](https://silva-cacao.com/certification/fair-trade/) - [Fair Trade Organic](https://silva-cacao.com/certification/fair-trade-organic/) - [Small Producers Program](https://silva-cacao.com/certification/small-producers-program/) - [Demeter](https://silva-cacao.com/certification/demeter/) ## Product categories - [Special selection](https://silva-cacao.com/product-category/special-selection/) - [Plantation cacao](https://silva-cacao.com/product-category/plantation-cacao/) - [Regional cacao](https://silva-cacao.com/product-category/regional-cacao/) - [Cacao products](https://silva-cacao.com/product-category/cacao-products/) ## Product tags - [cacao](https://silva-cacao.com/product-tag/cacao/) - [sweet](https://silva-cacao.com/product-tag/sweet/) - [cacao fruit pulp](https://silva-cacao.com/product-tag/cacao-fruit-pulp/) - [powder](https://silva-cacao.com/product-tag/powder/) - [natural sweetener](https://silva-cacao.com/product-tag/natural-sweetener/) ## Category - [sections](https://silva-cacao.com/element_category/sections/) - [elements](https://silva-cacao.com/element_category/elements/) - [post\_cards](https://silva-cacao.com/element_category/post_cards/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://silva-cacao.com/sitemap_index.xml)