Brazil · Pará (Medicilândia, Transamazon Highway)
reviewed
admixture
Medicilândia, on the Transamazon Highway in Pará, is described by Brazilian sources as the country's single largest cocoa-producing municipality, with cacao grown by family farmers in shaded agroforestry systems. The region is noted for high yields and beans with high cocoa-butter content.
Country
Brazil
Region
Pará (Medicilândia, Transamazon Highway)
Growing region
Americas
Coordinates
-3.45°, -52.88° (approx.)
Elevation
100-200 m
Producer
multiple
Genetic groups
admixture
Traditional class
mixed
Also known as
Transamazônica cacao
Bean notes
Predominantly hybrid and selected clonal material planted by family farmers settled along the Transamazon Highway from the 1970s onward.
Harvest season
main harvest roughly Mar-Aug
Fermentation
Family-farm and small-facility box fermentation.
Drying
Sun-dried; covered and barcaça-style decks used given high rainfall.
Flavour
cocoa · nutty · ripe fruit · balanced
Updated
2026-05-22
Sources
Agência Pará, 'Pará has the highest cocoa productivity in the world' — https://agenciapara.com.br/news/67827/
Inter Press Service, 'Organic Cacao Farmers Help Reforest Brazil's Amazon Jungle' (2015) — https://www.ipsnews.net/2015/06/organic-cacao-farmers-help-reforest-brazils-amazon-jungle/
USDA FAS, 'Brazil's Role in the Global Cocoa Landscape', GAIN report BR2025-0028