While most of the world's cacao is produced in Africa and Indonesia, the world comes to Ecuador for the cacao flavor beans sought by gourmet enthusiasts. Why?

   Cacao originated in Ecuador.

The Andean Chocolate Company, headquartered in the heart of the Ecuadorian Oriente produces the flavorful Arriba bean prized for its gourmet quality.  Ecuador is known for it's two types of cacao - Nacional and CCN51. While the CCN51 is more productive, it is the Nacional varietal which produces the sought after Arriba cacoa.

We grow Cacao Nacional de Arriba in the land where it all began.

Ecuadorian cacao is prized for its rich, robust flavor.