to actually produce the finished care back to western ghana and orlando as mana with his family this year one kilo of dried cocoa beans will earn him the equivalent of one year of tea but only if the quality is right. as in the case of this pod. we know yes. so many of the pods in my harvest have been spoiled. the good ones like this are few and far between. if you look at parts like this one you think you have a lot but actually you haven t. a lamb nose man who is in a difficult position his new trees aren t yet bearing fruit and the more established ones are either diseased or no longer producing good cocoa pods in sufficient quantity but his farm is at least on the road to recovery