Cacao trees flourish only in the hot, rainy tropics, in a swath 20 degrees north and south of the Equator. You can find them in West Africa, South-East Asia or in Central and South America.
The shape of the fruit is oval and its name is "pod".
The pod is open and, inside it, there are some beans; the beans are separated and they are put on banana leaves.
After a period of fermentation, when the beans are ready, they are send to factories.
"Theobroma" means "Food of gods".
WHEN CHOCOLATE BECOMES A WORK OF ART!
Chocolate is delicious, we all know that. But it isn't just for eating, as these chocolate works of art clearly show.
-Chocolate wall:
The World Chocolate Wonderland is a theme park in Bejing(China). One of its attractions is a 12-metre-long replica of the Great Wall of China made entirely out of chocolate. There's also a chocolate BMW, as well as chocolate replicas of more than 600 Terracotta Army warriors.
-Chocolate couch.
In 2009, chocolate company Galaxy used 250kg of their own chocolate to make a chocolate couch. The couch was part of their "Irresistible Reads" campaign, which was designed to promote reading. It was put on display in Victoria Embankment Gardens in London.
-Chocolate hotel suite:
In 2011, French chocolatier Patrick Roger worked with fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. Together, they created a chocolate hotel suite as promotion for the ice cream company Magnum. The room, at the La Reserve hotel in Paris, had a chocolate carpet, chocolate bed and a chocolate nightstand full of chocolate books. Sitting on the bed was a chocolate man eating a Magnum ice cream.
-Chocolate shoes:
One of London's greatest chocolatiers, Phil Neal, once created a collection of high-heeled shoes made of chocolate.
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