The Academia de Cacao is a week-long, hands-on, fieldwork-based program created chocolate makers of any size who are interested in quality: what quality means, and how to improve quality by gaining a more thorough understanding of genetics, propagation techniques, farm management techniques, and harvest and post-harvest practices with a special focus on fermentation techniques and how to optimize them.

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The group in the Ingemann nursery on the second day. Everyone got to graft a tree. 100% success rate!

The inaugural August 2015 session of the AdC  sold out in less than a month, and with a strict upper limit of 15 people, the May 2016 session is also sure to sell out quickly.

The price is $1,195 per person and is all-inclusive in-country with standard exceptions (e.g., meals not taken with the group, bar bills, tips, personal expenses, etc). Participants are responsible for airfare to and from Managua, and should plan to arrive in Managua on Sunday the 8th and depart on Saturday the 14th or Sunday the 15th. An optional day of light sightseeing is planned for the 14th.

One of the cocoa liquor tasting sessions. In Mataglapa. Next-to-the-last day.

To reserve your place, contact Margaux Benitah <mb@ingeman.com.ni>. Preference will be given to chocolate makers and buyers/brokers. Representatives of other actors in the supply chain will be put on a waiting list.