better get right with the spirit world. oh, geez. shaman juice thrown around, bury the purified soil, and there you go, chocolate mag nates. well, good luck, dude, to a good harvest. done deal. you must be garth s father? hello. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the venture card because you can fly any airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, you guys! and with double miles you can actually use, you never miss the fun. beard growing contest and go! i win! what s in your wallet?
sausages. which would be nice to throw in with stew. onion, peppers, a little bit of cho rizzo and spice. and potatoes? we re kind of moving into the spanish and what s it called? and we can use shrimp from the guy. shrimp and chicken works. that sounds like a plan. [ speaking foreign language ] he has 24? yeah. successful. yes. so far. wait until we arrive there. it s going to be interesting. don t be a downer, man. i m optimistic. we arrive at the village where the fabled cacao beans are said to be growing and meet with the village s unofficial mayor and the farmer, who will lead us to the trees. we re going to follow him. what was depicted as a short walk up a slight incline turns out to be an epic hump up one hill after another.
sausages. which would be nice to throw in with stew. onion, peppers, a little bit of cho rizzo and spice. and potatoes? we re kind of moving into the spanish and what s it called? and we can use shrimp from the guy. shrimp and chicken works. that sounds like a plan. [ speaking foreign language ] he has 24? yeah. successful. yes. so far. wait until we arrive there. it s going to be interesting. don t be a downer, man. i m optimistic. we arrive at the village where the fabled cacao beans are said to be growing and meet with the village s unofficial mayor and the farmer, who will lead us to the trees. we re going to follow him. what was depicted as a short walk up a slight incline turns out to be an epic hump up one hill after another.
just because of political situations. there was this stuff, the special chocolate. yeah. which pretty much what we re here to look at. yes. absolutely. where it comes from, what s involved. eric ate some of chris s chocolate and heard about these wild cacao trees that he was sourcing from in peru, and prompt by got me involved in this designer chocolate bar business. i m a rather famous guy and i never cared about desserts. you on the other hand, eat chocolate everyday? every day. so here we are, three men and a chocolate bar. good thing for the world or exploitive opportunism, yet to be determined. what do i, after all, know about chocolate? next to freakin nothing. it s good, right? like oliver twist. yes. we used to do it like that in the orphanage. right. but the most important feature of all is. the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card
eric and i are heading to the canyon, eight hours by car from chiclayo, well into the andean highlands. on the way, we stop for lunch and meet up with this guy. [ speaking foreign language ] chris curtin, master chocolateer and business partner in this knuckleheaded adventure. one of life s joys. meeting in a peruvian market. so, basically a hen soup. that s good. where in the world does chocolate come from? well, 45% from ivory coast in africa. we don t deal in those beans just because of political situations. there was this stuff, the