Guaviduca has a lovely name — but you’d be very good to know what it is. A search brings up scientific articles about an Amazonian essence, Latin name Piper carpunya (a pepper species), traditionally used by the Shuar people to treat inflammation, wounds and ulcers.
Cocoa pulp, also called mucilage, surrounds the beans inside the pod. It’s a sweet and tart food.
This bar was offered by a friend from a chocolaterie in Baie St-Paul, in the heart of Charlevoix, Québec. Seeing a bar made with Ecuadorian cocoa, my friend thought of me — many thanks!
Rest assured — this chocolate does not actually contain cannabis. It is topped with hemp seeds placed behind the bar. It’s the “mild” counterpart to Kamm’s CBD chocolate, a signature of the brand.
The fruit of the plant known by the Latin name Eugenia victoriana has no official English name; I’ll call it guayabilla for this article. It’s a small orange local fruit, about the size of a closed fist, with pulpy and slightly tart flesh.