Sally McFadyen

Argencove, Nicaragua

Name: Argencove, Nicaragua
Brand: Sally McFadyen
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Nicaragua

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Business Ownership

Farmer-Owned

Owner-Operated

ABOUT

As a group of friends fascinated with great food, they became very curious about luxury chocolate several years ago - driving them to learn what makes great chocolate. This led to 3 Australian families to embark on a journey of taste that evolved into a Central American odyssey.

They studied, traveled, examined, queried, tested, tasted and chose an agroforestry system from tree to bar to grow cacao and make chocolate. After visiting 20 countries they made Nicaragua our new home due to the fertility of the country and climate and the welcoming local people.

They are driven to develop world-class taste to achieve culinary pleasure. They accomplish this by investigating what influences great taste in chocolate and adopting those ideas in both orchard and factory.

Awards

Academy of Chocolate London
Dark Bean to Bar Under 90%
Gold - Masaya (2022), Mombacho (2021)
Silver - Mombacho (2022), Apoyo (2020, 2021, 2022), Batch N°18 (2022)
Bronze - Cocibolca (2021, 2022), Masaya (2020, 2021), Mombacho (2020), Batch N°18 (2020), Banana, Cinnamon & Clove (2021)

Flavoured Bean to Bar
Silver - Passion Fruit (2021)
Bronze - Banana, Cinnamon & Clove (2022), Passion Fruit (2020)

Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Inclusion
Silver - Caramelized Cacao Nibs (2021)
Bronze - Caramelized Cacao Nibs (2022)

International Chocolate Awards
Dark Chocolate Bars, Microbatch
Silver (World) - Mombacho (2022), Cocibolca (2022), Masaya (2021)
Bronze (World) - Masaya (2022), Apoyo (2022)

Single Origin Dark Chocolate Bars, Microbatch
Silver (Americas) - Masaya (2019, 2021)
Bronze (Americas) - Mombacho (2019), Apoyo (2019)

Growing Country Dark Chocolate Bars
Gold (Americas), Masaya (2021)

Dark Chocolate Inclusion
Silver (World) - Banana, Cinnamon & Clove (2021)
Bronze (World) - Banana, Cinnamon & Clove (2022), Pecan Pie (2022)
Silver (Americas) - Pecan Pie (2022), Banana, Cinnamon & Clove (2021)
Bronze (Americas) - Caramelized Cacao Nibs (2022), Passion Fruit (2021), Saffron (2021)

Central America dark chocolate bars with an infusion
Silver - Caramelized Cacao Nibs (2021)
Bronze - Passion Fruit (2019), Banana, Cinnamon & Cloves (2019), Saffron (2019)

Chocolate Alliance Awards
Dark Chocolate
Gold - Apoyo (2022), Masaya (2021), Mombacho (2021)

Made at Origin
Gold - Masaya (2021), Mombacho (2021), Batch N°18 (2021), Banana, Cinnamon & Clove (2021)

Dark Chocolate Inclusions and Flavored Bar
Gold - Banana, Cinnamon & Clove (2021)
Bronze - Passion Fruit (2019)

Steps Between Farm and You

The majority of their cacao is grown on their orchard on Finca Rio Grande, where they conduct all fermentation and drying. Their chocolate is handcrafted in their Factory Store in Granada. It is then exported to their business partner in Virginia for distribution across the US.

Why We Love Argencove, Nicaragua

PARTNERING WITH TERROIR

Argencove selected the country and then a new farm to develop a fine cacao and fine chocolate project.

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH FOR AWARD-WINNING FLAVOR

Argencove took a scientific approach to designing their cacao orchard. They planted different genetics and run flavor trials to create the best possible chocolate flavors.

PROMOTING NICARAGUAN CACAO & CHOCOLATE

Aregencove has a focus on Nicaraguan cacao and promoting Nicaragua as a country with fine cacao for making award-winning chocolate.