Exploring the exotic origins of cocoa powder.(Seattle Times)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: February 2, 2004| Author: Sullivan, CeCe | Copyright information

Byline: CeCe Sullivan

The nondescript tin of cocoa powder sitting on a grocery shelf may have begun its journey here from a tropical plantation in Venezuela or Brazil, or perhaps Trinidad. Slender trees bear fruit that grows directly out of the gray-green trunks, in a down-the-rabbit-hole landscape that could have been imagined by the creative fancy of Lewis Carroll.

"An evergreen without a distinct harvest season, the cacao tree puts forth flowers continuous...

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