Sunday, February 15, 2004

Vzla: How sweet it is!

If you're looking for a gift to tempt someone's taste buds, choose Venezuelan "single bean origin" chocolates, renowned among international gourmets for aroma and purity.

Just like exclusive wines and single-malt whiskeys, chocolate, made from cocoa or cacao beans, has its distinctive pedigrees and Venezuela has been a pioneer in promoting them.
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Venezuela was once the world's biggest cacao producer -- wealthy individuals are still mockingly dubbed gran cacaos (Big Cocoas) -- but it has slipped far down in the producers' ranking as its oil boom displaced such traditional exports.

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