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Cupuazú

El primo ácido del cacao. La pulpa sabe a piña que estuvo demasiado cerca de una barra de chocolate.

on its own
4.0sour
2.0sweet
0.0savoury
1.0bitter
0.0umami
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3 of these 13 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

13 pairings for Cupuazú.

Sharp pulp and sweet milk; the acid thickens it without any cooking at all.

Coco

common

Two Amazonian lactone fats; the milk turns a very sour pulp into something spoonable.

Azúcar

common

The pulp is genuinely too sour to eat neat. Brazil sweetens it before anything else.

Banano

common

Blank tropical sugar under sharp acid; the smoothie logic of the whole region.

Maracuyá

uncommon

Two tropical acids with different perfumes; neither has to give ground.

Cacao relative meets cacao; the fruit tastes like the pod pulp it comes from.

Crema

uncommon

Dairy fat mutes the acid enough that the cocoa note steps forward.

Same genus as cacao, and its own butter is softer and far more oleic. Brazil pairs them anyway.

Ron

rare

Molasses depth against sharp pulp; the acid is what stops the drink cloying.

Two Amazonian fats from the same forest; the nut supplies the body the fruit lacks.

Lactic chalk against tropical acid; the cocoa note makes it read as a cheese course.

Ostra

wild

Sour tropical pulp on brine. Strange, Amazonian, and better than a lime.

Sour tropical pulp on browned salt curd. The Amazon and the sertão, and neither has tried it.