Description

Our advice is to choose for Express Shipping (extra fast delivery) for all countries outside Europa. These are very sensitive seeds and also a sensitive fruit pots. Also if you live on a Island of Europa and Portugal mainland our advice is to choose for Express shipping. Regular shipping is taking often too long for this kind of fruits or seeds.

Cupuassu is very popular and thus can be used for different purposes, that is why we offer capuacu fruit for sale, (sprouted)seeds, seedlings and the pulp including the seeds for sale.

The Theobroma Grandiflorum, otherwise widely known as Cupuazú, Capuacu, Cupuaçu, Copoasu, or Cupuassu, is a tropical rainforest tree related to cacao! The fruits have a hard shell which you can crack open with a hammer.

Cupuacu is the native fruit of Brazil and growing in the jungles of South America. While it is a relative of the cacao it’s more eaten for the flesh. The tree could grow 5-15 m in height. The fruit can be harvested when they have naturally fallen off the tree.

Inside the shell you will find Cupuacu pulp which has a yellowish-white color and is normally described as having a slightly acidic flavor and a chewy texture. People compare the taste with a pear, pineapple, banana or coconut. The pulp can be eaten raw and is oftentimes used to make fresh juice, jam, snack bars, ice cream and tarts.

Viability of the Theobroma Grandiflorum seeds

Keep in mind that the seeds have a very short viability, requiring optimum temperatures to remain viable. The germination rates of fresh seeds is normally high, whereof sprouting can take place in a maximum of 40 days already.

Below you see a a small impression video of one of our Theobroma Grandiflora trees!

Capuacu Seeds

Capuacu fruit contains a number of large seeds (normally between 30 – 40 seeds) which can be eaten raw. The taste however is slightly bitter. It is more common to separate the seeds from the pulp. The seeds of the Capuacu (or Copoasu) occupy about a third of the space within the fruit itself.

Theobroma Chocolate
The seeds are used as a substitute for making chocolate-like products called ‘Capulate’’, which taste like chocolate but with a fruity undertone. Why is this? Because Cupuacu comes from the cacao family, and therefore has many similar characteristics and can be processed to theobroma chocolate to make delicious desserts or something else! If you’re looking for something different, Cupuacu fruit seeds are a great alternative to chocolate!

Making Capuacu powder…
cocoa powder is also becoming more and more popular these days. The powder is simply made by drying Cupuacu pulp and blending it into a powder. The powder is used for cooking, but you can also add water to the powder to make a juice or even a smooth. Because of the nutritional values, many times Cupuacu powder is also added in supplements!

Making Capuaucu butter…
Theobroma Grandiflora is used for several purposes! In addition to producing Theobroma chocolate and or powder, the seeds are also often used in making Cupuacu butter, also known as cacao butter or Cupuacu oil.

Capuacu Benefits

Did you know that Capuacu has many benefits? Beneath you will find some examples on how this fruit may improve your health in different ways!

• Cupuaçu is rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants may improve your heart and blood vessel health, boost your immune system, neutralizes the free radicals in your body’s tissues, among other things
• Cupuaçu also can have a positive effect on losing weight as the fruit is high in fiber which can prevent food cravings!
• The fruit is a great source of vitamins. Because of the high amino acids it is great for you bones, ligaments and tendons.
• Lastly, it could improve the skin health as it contains no caffeine and there it is capable of keeping the body hydrated

Short video about one of our Theobroma Grandiforum trees

NOTIFICATION
We have a NEW CAPUACU option: Buy Cupuacu Pulp / Flesh with the seeds in it, only! But why do we offer this? Please read below:

1. Due to new regulations, New import/export laws for whole fruits from our fruit farm, we cannot always deliver the Capuacu Fruit Pots
2. Besides this, the Capuaçu is also a very fragile fruit to ship. It is not always possible to see from the outside of the fruit whether the inside is still good. We have also had reactions in the past that the fruit was no longer 100% perfect on the inside.
3. The advantage is that you see what you are buying. The pulp will last longer in the vacuumed packaging and the seeds will not become moldy.

Interesting reads:
This is an interesting study about the storage & drying process and the monitoring and optimization of the Cupuacu seeds fermentation. For the real geeks have a look at this.

Theobroma Grandiflorum is a relative to:
✓ Theobroma bicolor (White cacao, Macambo, Motelo)
✓ Theobroma cacao (Chocolate Tree, Cacao, Cocoa Tree)