flavor. thought not around for a while? this is what almost all chocolate was made of over 120 years ago. now it s making a giant comeback. for a chocolatier, this is a once in a lifetime find. about 40% of the beans from these trees have white cacao beans mixed in. the rest are purplish in color. but we ve heard of an ultra rare group of trees elsewhere further up the mountains that produce pods of all 100% pure white beans and that s something that me and eric are very interested in down the road. but for now, don fortunato s daughter, johanna, has prepared us a traditional peruvian mountain meal. wow. oh! juanes. it s rice dumplings with boiled chicken and achiote inside. wow. this is amazing. not surprisingly, some cuy, or
slice out of every bar. that leaves this much, which the retailer takes. chef bleeding heart hippie here has already convinced me to give whatever meager profits we make off our first bar to a local charity. what s unusual about these pods? these beans? extremely high quality flavor. thought not around for a while? this is what almost all chocolate was made of over 120 years ago. and now it s making a jie giant comeback. for a chocolatier, this is a once in a lifetime find. about 40% of the beans from these trees have white cacao beans mixed in. the rest are purplish in color. but we ve heard of an ultra rare group of trees elsewhere further up the mountains that produce pods of all 100% pure white beans and that s something that me and eric are very interested in down the road. but for now, don fortunato s daughter, johanna, has prepared us a traditional peruvian mountain meal. wow. oh! juanes. it s rice dumplings with
so where does the money go? most importantly to me and eric, are we doing a good thing? here s how it breaks down. the raw cacao costs one chunk. labor, the inner sleeve, this much. design, box, packaging, this much. various sundry equipment and miscellaneous, another small chunk. chris, me and eric get a slice out of every bar. that leaves this much, which the retailer takes. chef bleeding heart hippie here has already convinced me to give whatever meager profits we make off our first bar to a local charity. what s unusual about these pods? these beans? extremely high quality flavor. thought not around for a while? this is what almost all chocolate was made of over 120 years ago. and making a guy and comeback. for a chocolatier, this is a once in a lifetime find. about 40% of the beans from these trees have white cacao
flavor. thought not around for a while? this is what almost all chocolate was made of over 120 years ago. and making a giant comeback. for a chocolatier, this is a once in a lifetime find. about 40% of the beans from these trees have white cacao beans mixed in. the rest are purplish in color. but we ve heard of an ultra rare group of trees elsewhere further up the mountains that produce pods of all 100% pure white beans and that s something that me and eric are very interested in down the road. but for now, don fortunato s daughter, johanna, has prepared us a traditional peruvian mountain meal. wow. oh! juanes. it s rice dumplings with boiled chicken and achiote inside. wow. this is amazing. not surprisingly, some cuy, or guinea pig, of which there seems
about 400 miles northwest of lima. it s peru s fourth largest city, with over a half million people living there. it s our next stop, the staging area for our trip to the mountains to find our cacao. chocolate. we know we like the stuff. how is it made? where does it come from? columbus was the first european to encounter cacao beans on a mayan trading canoe off the coast of honduras. he s said to have grabbed both crew and cargo and brought them back to spain. a few decades later a spanish conquistador, hernando cortez, came across aztecs using the sacred beans in a drink. it was considered the drink of the gods. like most expensive and delicious things from abroad, the largely inbred and frequently syphilitic european royalty did their best to keep what was fast becoming a craze for hot chocolate to themselves. but it soon found its way to