Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Chocolate Fact


Did you know that the largest producer of cacao beans in the world is Ghana? Cacao trees only grow within 10 degrees latitude of the equator? A cacao pod holds about 45 cacao beans and is contained in a big pod that has a fleshy, mushy fruit surrounding the beans. It looks and tastes nothing like chocolate as we know it when harvested. Not exactly what you pictured in your mind, is it?

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