LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066121907

Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION

       Cacao or Cocoa?

       Cacao Beans and Coconuts.

       CHAPTER I

       COCOA AND CHOCOLATE—A SKETCH OF THEIR HISTORY

       Original Home of Cacao.

       Montezuma—the First Great Patron of Chocolate.

       The Fascination of Chocolate.

       Cacao Beans as Money.

       Derivation of Chocolate.

       First Cacao in Europe.

       Chocolate Houses and Clubs.

       Tax on Cacao.

       Duty on Cacao.

       Introduction of Cocoa Powder.

       Growing Popularity of Cacao Preparations.

       CHAPTER II

       CACAO AND ITS CULTIVATION

       Climate Necessary.

       Factors of Geographical Distribution.

       The Cacao Tree.

       The Flowers, Leaves and Fruit.

       The Cacao Pod.

       Botanical Description.

       Varieties of Theobroma Cacao.

       Extremes of Characteristics.

       The Cacao Plantation.

       Clearing the Land.

       Suitable Soil.

       Manure.

       Planting.

       Shade: Temporary and Permanent.

       Form of Tree-growth Desired: Suckers.

       Diseases of the Cacao Tree.

       CHAPTER III

       HARVESTING AND PREPARATION FOR THE MARKET

       Gathering and Heaping.

       Breaking and Extracting.

       Fermenting.

       Changes during Fermentation.

       CACAO BEANS

       Loss on Fermenting and Drying.

       The Washing of Cacao.

       Claying, Colouring, and Polishing Cacao.

       The Weight of the Cured Cacao Bean.

       The Yield of the Cacao Tree.

       The Kind of Cacao that Manufacturers Like. [6]

       CHAPTER IV

       CACAO PRODUCTION AND SALE

       WORLD PRODUCTION OF CACAO.

       CACAO PRODUCTION OF THE CHIEF PRODUCING AREAS OF THE WORLD.

       SOUTH AMERICAN CACAO.

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