Cocoa Beans: Grown mainly in the northern portion of the Madagascar near Ambanja, these cocoa beans are used by high quality producers of dark chocolate. Madagascar beans mainly consist of  Forastero variety, with lesser amounts of Trinatario and Cirollo variety beans. A full fermentation of the beans is achieved prior to being dried naturally in the sun. They are available in Unwashed, Washed and Organic qualities. We currently ship worldwide aboard 20’ ventilated containers from the port of Nosy-BeŽ. Madagascar produces approximately 300 metric tons of cocoa per year.