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Some Interesting Facts on Chocolate
From National Confectioners Association
Carl Linnaeus a Swede known for plant taxonomy named the cocoa tree, Theobroma Cacao
A pound of chocolate takes around 400 cocoa beans
A cocoa tree can produce about 2,500 beans
It can take four to five years for a tree to produce beans
70% of cocoa comes from West Africa
To protect leaves and get sun, cocoa leaves can move 90 degrees from horizontal to vertical
The Price of Cocoa
source: tradingeconomics.com
Price as of August 8th, 2018 from The International Cocoa Organization
| ICCO daily price (US$/tonne) | 2110.45 |
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