08.06.2012 20:48
A new discovery today: cacao grows on trees. Not just on
trees, but on tree trunks. I don’t know how I never knew this, particularly
considering my affinity for chocolate. I guess I figured it grew on bushes like
coffee. The picture below is a cacao pod on a tree growing
in the middle of the café garden where my host mom Helena and I had lunch the other day. It's hard to see, but there are little flowers all over the trunk that will eventually become cacao pods. Ironically,
good chocolate is hard to come by here and when you do find it, it’s spendy. Thus goes an export economy. I've been sating my sweet tooth here with açai and coconut instead!
More images of cacao here.
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