Tidbits Grand Forks - February 18, 2016

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CHOCOLATE HISTORY

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• Chocolate comes from a bean that grows on the cacao tree. The cacao tree is an evergreen native to the tropical regions of Central and South America. Its cultivation has since spread to tropical regions worldwide, primarily in Africa. • The name ‘cacao’ is a Maya word meaning ‘god food.’ This inspired the Latin name which is ‘Theobroma cacao’ where ‘theo’ means ‘god’ and ‘broma’ means ‘food.’ • The word ‘cocoa’ is a corrupted spelling of ‘cacao.’ • The word ‘chocolate’ is derived from the Mayan word ‘xocolatl’ meaning ‘bitter water’ because raw cacao is indeed bitter unless sweetened.

CHOCOLATE FARMS

• More than two-thirds of the world’s cacao is grown in Africa, and the Ivory Coast alone produces about one third of the world’s supply. Ninety percent of the world’s supply of cacao is grown on small family-run farms, most of which are smaller than 12 acres. Many poor rural cacao farmers have never experienced chocolate. • It takes a cacao tree four to five years to produce its first cacao pods. A pod is about the size and shape of a football, and it contains about 50 individual cacao beans. Each cacao tree can produce approximately 2,500 beans each year. Cacao trees can live to be 200 years old, but they only produce marketable beans for about 25 years. • Cacao butter is the white-colored natural fat inside a cacao bean. Cacao butter is the main ingredient in white chocolate. Because of the nature of cacao butter, chocolate is one of the few edible substances that melts at just below body temperature. This means that chocolate does in fact ‘melt in your mouth.’ ...continued


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