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Chocolate's raw material

Catalogue Reference:(MOL) 81.348/13

A 1950s sample of cocoa beans from Trinidad. Cultivation of cocoa in the West Indies began when Trinidad was a remote colonial possession of Spain. The Spanish were keen to keep to themselves the knowledge of growing and preparing this highly prized food.

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