Being in Germany and not buying chocolate then I would be an Idiot :-). So I happened to meet a nice English gentleman describing about his company and offered a lot of free chocolates :-).
and he showed me the cocoa pod and beans.
Though I am a chocolate lover I was not aware of the fruit and seed.
Hints from wikipedia data:
(A cocoa pod (fruit) has a rough and leathery rind about 3 cm (1.2 in) thick (this varies with the origin and variety of pod). It is filled with sweet, mucilaginous pulp (called 'baba de cacao' in South America) enclosing 30 to 50 large seeds that are fairly soft and white to a pale lavender color. While seeds are usually white, they become violet or reddish brown during the drying process.
Even though I am not a fan of white chocolate, but the following information is informative!
(The exception is rare[3]varieties of white cacao, in which the seeds remain white.[4][5] Historically, white cacao was cultivated by the Rama people of Nicaragua.)
Are you tempted to have chocolate?!? I do!
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