Chuao
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Chuao is a small village located in the northern coastal range of Venezuela. It was founded in the 16th century. The village is famous for its cacao plantations where some of the finest cocoa beans in the world are produced. The village is surrounded by mountains and dense rainforests to the south and by the Caribbean Sea to the north. There is no road access and visitors must come by boat from the town of Puerto Colombia along the coast, or by foot, crossing the mountains and the luxurious cloud forest from Turmero near Maracay.
In the Chuao plantation there are currently pure Criollo and hybrid varieties of cacao being grown. Criollo beans from Chuao are of very high quality, and are considered Venezuela's finest beans together with Porcelana Blanca beans from Lake Maracaibo (another genetically pure variety of Criollo).
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 Chuao Bay |
 Cacao pods in the Chuao plantation |
 Chuao cocoa beans under the sun |
 Plaza de Secado. The Church yard where the cocoa beans are sun dried |
 Plaza de Secado. Boy helping his mother to collect the cocoa beans. Chuao. Venezuela |
 Plaza de Secado. The mother collecting the cocoa away from the sun. Chuao. Venezuela |
 Cocoa under fermentation process |
