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Mastery in chocolate and cacao:
technical knowledge and literary legacy.

Welcome to the Chocolates El Rey technical archive. Access our complete set of professional resources: from detailed technical sheets to our curated virtual library of historical and agricultural works commissioned by the house. Refine your selection with our interactive sensory profile tool, designed to align our unique Venezuelan origins with your specific culinary requirements.

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    Resource Center

    The Definitive Repository of Venezuelan Fine Cacao

    This virtual library includes research commissioned by El Rey that ranges from advanced agronomy and post-harvest management to bilingual gastronomic chronicles. A reference base designed to raise the standard of technical and historical knowledge about our “brown gold.”

    Cover: Cacao in Venezuela — A History, by José Rafael Lovera
    Back cover of the book Cacao in Venezuela — A History

    Cacao in Venezuela

    A History

    José Rafael Lovera

    The definitive historical study of cacao in Venezuela: trade routes, colonial plantations and the consolidation of fine cacao as national heritage. Rigorous work from one of the leading historians of Venezuelan gastronomy.

    Digital version coming soon

    Cover: Cacao in Venezuela, Modern Cultivation Technology, by Humberto Reyes and Lilian Capriles de Reyes
    Back cover of the book Cacao in Venezuela, Modern Cultivation Technology

    Cacao in Venezuela

    Modern Cultivation Technology

    Humberto Reyes y Lilian Capriles de Reyes

    A reference technical manual for modern Venezuelan cacao cultivation: varieties, agronomic management, post-harvest and quality control. Essential reading for growers, agronomists and industry professionals.

    Download virtual book PDF · 6.8 MB
    Cover: The Art of Drinking Chocolate, by Carlos F. Duarte
    Back cover of the book The Art of Drinking Chocolate

    The Art of Drinking Chocolate

    History of chocolate drinking vessels in Venezuela

    Carlos F. Duarte

    A historical journey through the Venezuelan chocolate-drinking vessel from colonial times. A reference for understanding the rituals of cacao in 18th and 19th century Creole society, illustrated with pieces from the Venezuelan Friends of Colonial Art Association Collection.

    Digital version coming soon

    Cover: Venezuela’s Brown Gold / El oro moreno de Venezuela
    Back cover of the book Venezuela’s Brown Gold

    Venezuela’s Brown Gold

    Cacao: culture, cultivation and cuisine · bilingual ES/EN edition

    Claude Chemin, Annie Dumas, Laurence Lavillonnière y Michèle Pérez · Caracas, 2004

    A bilingual Spanish/English edition that brings together the culture, cultivation and cuisine of Venezuelan cacao. Published under the patronage of Chocolates El Rey to mark its 75th anniversary, it gathers tradition, history and recipes in a single volume.

    Digital version coming soon

    Sales sheets · Food service

    Technical specifications by line.

    Technical sheets in English with sensory profile, specifications and applications for each of our professional lines. Free PDF download.

    Line

    Carenero
    Superior

    Barlovento · Miranda

    Technical sheet PDF →
    Carenero Superior
    Sales sheet · Food service

    Technical specifications, sensory profile and applications of the Carenero Superior line, based on Barlovento cacao.

    Download PDF English · 2.0 MB
    Line

    Río
    Caribe

    Península de Paria · Sucre

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    Río Caribe
    Sales sheet · Food service

    Technical specifications, sensory profile and applications of the Río Caribe line, native to the Paria Peninsula.

    Download PDF English · 0.7 MB
    Line

    San
    Joaquín

    Hacienda San Joaquín · Barinas

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    San Joaquín
    Sales sheet · Food service

    Sales sheet for the San Joaquín line, with details on origin, sensory profile and recommended applications.

    Download PDF English · 0.5 MB
    Line

    Sur
    del Lago

    Sur del Lago de Maracaibo · Zulia

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    Sur del Lago
    Sales sheet · Food service

    Sales sheet for the Sur del Lago line, with technical data on cacao from the southern Lake Maracaibo region.

    Download PDF English · 0.6 MB
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