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In southern Belize, a sweet and creamy heritage drink made from seaweed has become a symbol of the country's sustainable underwater farming initiatives. ....
There are nearly a dozen artisan chocolate companies in Belize taking cacao from bean to bar, part of a robust movement to reclaim the small country's rich chocolate heritage. ....
In the world, this stuff. pure nacional. don fortunato is our cacao connection, a farmer whose family has been working these mountains over 40 years. they re just absolutely beautiful when they start out. really kooky looking pods as they just come off the trunk of the tree. they sort of look like someone glued them on to the side of a tree. this is a once a year crop? it grows continuously but this is a peak seasons. see the way it comes out? try that. put one in your mouth. bite it and see the nibs inside? those are the cocoa nib. where does chocolate come from? the bean. okay. here s where chocolate comes from. the trees produce pods. you split open the pods and take out the beans. the buyer sun drys the beans, then roasts them. after roasting, the beans are extracted from their shells and ground up, producing chocolate liqueur. ....