The town of Salcedo in Ilocos Sur is on the track of making cacao products to the next level. In fact they're celebrating Cacao Festival during the month of March to place their cacao in the map of chocolates.
Tableya, one of the traditional chocolate of Ilocos have the history in this place. During those early years when the old folks gather cacao beans in their backyard tree and made it into tableya. Congressman Eric Singson of Candon City recalled he's buying this choco tablet when he was still a child.
Salcedo now is the major producer in Ilocos of cacao that includes seedlings, fruits, seeds and the products like chocolate, jam, tableya among others.
And they wanted to push to a bigger recognition.
There tableya now is not just wrapped in plastic and papers. It is now beautifully presented with nice packaging and wrapping. The local producers have their designed in very attractive package with the brand name, contents and manufacturing informations.
The tableya could be the best alternative when giving gifts to special people we have. And the taste is still the same taste of choco tablet our old folks cook for us. Though, of course, as part of innovations, some local manufacturers made some improvement in the taste.
And to make name in the larger map markets they developed their version of dark chocolates and other types of chocolates. We all love chocolates and produced in Salcedo will surely give some exquisite taste on our tongue.
Then come other products like the cacao vinegar and cacao jam.
Well maybe scarcity of chocolates in the whole world in the coming of years will not happen in Ilocos. Cacao seedlings are in full blast to combat the predicted scarcity. The seeds are just keep on multiplying.
No fear, chocolates will not be gone.
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