Why Vital Choice Extra Dark Organic Chocolate?
Chocolates unique, complex flavor has made it the single most desired food treat in America. Its rich history stretches back to the sophisticated Aztec and Mayan civilizations, whose aristocrats quaffed cups of thick, dark cocoa, sans milk or sweetening, and sometimes with chilies. More than 80 percent of the worlds raw cocoa comes from West Africa and Indonesia, whose cacao trees came to these Gualberto Acebeyformer French and Dutch colonies from Latin America and the Caribbean. The trees have been crossbred over centuries, losing the distinctive characteristics of the original American cultivars along the way. Like chili peppers, cacao is native only to Latin America and the Caribbean. And recent years have witnessed a revival of premium chocolates made from original American cultivars Criollo, Forastero, and Trinitario (a cross of Criollo and Forastero)from one or more of the prime cacao countries, such as Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peru, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic. After harve
