New Botanical Classifications for Cacao
For more than a century now we've had an overly simplistic and borderline useless classification system for cacao--the tried and untrue set of Criollo, Forastero, and Trinitario. At long last, some genetic research is bringing to light the true picture of T. Cacao's biological diversity, and anyone interested in the cultivation or propagation of the tree should have a look:
Geographic and Genetic Population Differentiation of the Amazonian Chocolate Tree
There's an interesting discussion on the topic here if anyone is interested.
posted by Bittersweet at 11:16 AM
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Hi chocolate fans all over there!
We are more or less like you, being passionate about and adoring the very idea of chocolate in all shapes and tastes! We want people to share more and more our passion for chocolate and therefore we have decided to create a blog about this tasty product in Romania. In our country there are many chocolate addicts who really enjoy and love chocolate, and building a blog would not only be a remarkable thing, but also a chance for Romanian chocolate fans to share their ideas and feelings about chocolate in general. At the same time, our blog will benefit from the points of view of some experts in the chocolate industry. We are open to any kind of suggestion and we would be more than welcomed to benefit from the advice of you, chocolate lovers! For many talking about chocolate could last a lifetime!
As a point of reference, it's worth noting that Motomayor makes the claim in this paper that a whopping 40% of all cacao genebank accessions are misidentified. Goes to show you how far we have to go...
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