Peru, Oregon company helps revive rare chocolate

Posted on January 11, 2011 • Filed under: Business, Culture, Peru, United States

A rare variety of chocolate bean, which vanished nearly 100 years ago in South America, returns this month to cafes around Portland, Oregon. Moonstruck Chocolate Co. has licensed the revived Pure Nacional cacao bean, recently rediscovered in Peru. The bean produced a fine chocolate enjoyed during the 19th century, but was thought lost to disease that afflicted its trees. Read Article

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