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What Is Inside a Chocolate Pod?
So that little white flower we saw last time? Once that gets pollinated — by some tiny midges that live in the jungle — some of them will turn into cacao pods. They’ll grow on the trunk of the tree, starting out green and turning red or orange or yellow as they mature.
The farmers harvest the pods by hand, selecting the ripe ones and cutting them off the tree. They would then cut open the pods with a machete,...
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