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The Choctaw did play a game involving rackets and a ball of rolled up deerskins. They were perhaps the fathers of tennis, but not of chocolate.

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The Swiss lead the world in Chocolate consumption per capita.

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Crinipellis Pernicosa is the scientific name for "witches broom," a malady that affects cacao plantations.

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Suchard, which produces Toblerone, actually offers the bar in a 10 pound size.

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Americans eat roughly 10 lbs. of chocolate per person, per year. While this is far less than some of its European counterparts, the huge population of the US makes it the leader in world chocolate consumption.

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Criollo is also the bean with the lowest astringency.

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Mozart made reference to chocolate in his opera, Cosi fan tutte.

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A big sugar buzz maybe, but certainly not insanity.

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When you compare overall square mileage, Canada is the larger in land mass.

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The ancient god, Quetzalcoatl, also known as "the garden prophet" is said to have delivered cocoa to man in exile.

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Theobroma Cacao roughly translates to "food of the gods."

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African countries produce nearly double the tonnage of South American plantations.

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Gianduja is the name given to the immensely popular chocolate & hazelnut confectionery of Italy.

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Chocolate was first manufactured in the U.S. by the John Harmon Company in 1765.

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The cacao tree was introduced into Hawaii around 1830.

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Dutch Processing is a manufacturing operation that raises the pH balance of chocolate.

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Unsweetened baking chocolate is the manufactured product most closely resembling the raw bean.

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Cocoa butter is the product obtained when the natural fat is removed from the cocoa bean.

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African countries got into the cocoa market relatively late in the game, in the early 1800's.

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Trinitario beans are from hybrid cacao plants developed in Trinidad.

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Research indicates that dark chocolate, like red wine, contains substantial amounts of flavonoid phenolics which may lower the risk of heart disease.

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Cocoa is roughly 20% protein, 40% carbohydrate and 40% fat.

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Press Cake is the residue that is left after cocoa butter has been removed from the bean.

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Members of the clergy particularly enjoyed drinking chocolate as it eased the fasts they were prone to subject themselves to.

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When Cortez arrived in Mexico, he found the native indians using the beans extensively in trade.

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The nation that produces the most chocolate is the United States.

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Holland's cocoa powder has long been considered among the best in the world. And it was Dutch industrialist Van Houten who invented the cocoa press.

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The beans we use today for chocolate products were called "chocolatl" by the ancient citizenry.