"Criollo and Forastero are the two basic types. Trinatario is a hybrid of the two. Today they have been so cross bred and with the unique contributions from the environment you hear of over a dozen new types, many named by where they are grown 3 good…"
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I thought I knew chocolate and cacao but after visiting your website...
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Mark Heim replied to Grant Wills's discussion I thought I knew chocolate and cacao but after visiting your website...
Alan McClure replied to Grant Wills's discussion I thought I knew chocolate and cacao but after visiting your website..."Okay. First, it isn't a bean, and the cacao seeds don't really come from a pod either:
http://patric-chocolate.blogspot.com/2008/07/cacao-fruit-mystery-continues_31.html
Enjoy!"
Grant Wills posted a discussionI thought I knew chocolate and cacao but after visiting your website...
... I have figured out that I don't know much at all. I read and heard their were three varieties namely Criollo, Forastero and Trinatario. Just today have read a paper on new classification that names 10 genetic varieties. I look forward to reading through the forum threads and growing my knowledge of this fascinating bean its history and its apparent nutritional benefits.The world has a view of chocolate (commercial sweet) which they directly relate to high % cacao chocolate and cacao…See More
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