cocoa bean

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The cocoa bean, actually a seed, grows in pods on trees.
可可豆（實際上就是可可子）生長在可可樹的豆莢中。
Cocoa Nibs: Before chocolate becomes chocolate, it originates from the humble cocoa bean.
可可碎仁：在巧尅力成爲(wèi)巧尅力之前，它來源於小小的可可豆。
Purists know that the rarest and finest of the three varieties of cocoa bean is the criollo – chocolate snobs lovingly describe its lingering aftertaste as featuring vanilla, caramel and nuts.
純粹主義者知道最稀有最好的三種可可豆是Criollo，自認(rèn)爲(wèi)懂巧尅力的人深情的形容喫過它之後脣齒畱香廻味的感覺就像香草、焦糖、果仁一樣。

If all goes well, and if the test results are verified to the state government's satisfaction by a third-party auditor, which should happen within a few weeks, the plant will begin trucking mountains of used and otherwise useless (but free) cocoa-bean shells to the plant early next year.
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