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 with 100% all 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 to be many around for the taking. this preparation served with a cacao sauce. that s good. all of this food is delicious.
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 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 with 100% all pure white beans, and that s something 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 egg, chicken, and achiote inside. wow. this is amazing. not surprisingly, some cuy, or
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 giant comeback. as 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 with 100% all pure white beans. and that s something 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
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! kuinas. it s rice dumplings with boiled chicken and aciote inside. wow. this is amazing. not surprisingly, some kui, or guinea pig, of which there seems to be many around for the taking. this preparation served with a cacao sauce. that s good. all of this food is
half a million people living there. it s our next stop, the staging area for our trip to the mountains to find our cocao. 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 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 was said to have found the drink of the gods and the 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 america. in 1765, the first chocolate