| How much do you love a cup of hot chocolate in | | | | fruits. Once the beans are ready for harvest, the |
| the morning? Maybe you're a lover of chocolate | | | | long and complex process of turning the beans |
| bars and chips? If so, you might as well know | | | | into fine chocolate takes place. |
| how those sweet pleasures of life came to be. | | | | Right on, it is easy to see that the source of |
| Chocolates come from cocoa beans. But to make | | | | great-tasting chocolates is premium grade cocoa |
| them rich and tasty, not just any other cocoa | | | | beans. If the raw ingredient is not good enough, |
| beans are used. Only especially handpicked, top | | | | the finished product is not going to be anything |
| quality beans can create chocolates and chocolate | | | | better. The best cocoa beans right now come |
| drinks that can delight your meticulous taste buds. | | | | from the Dominican Republic. Out there, organic |
| Cocoa beans come from trees called cacao trees. | | | | cocoa are grown and cultivated to perfection, at |
| These trees are mostly grown in tropical | | | | par with the world's standards of quality for |
| countries where the warm weather contributes | | | | organic foods. |
| greatly to the high quality production of these | | | | |