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COCOA.
Where
Cocoa
is
Grown
—
Its
Manufacture
—
Its
Use
Abroad
and
in
England
—
Cocoa
as
a
Drink
—
Chocolate,
Edible
and
Other-
wise
—
Substitutes
for
Cocoa.
LINNj^US
was
SO
fond
of
the
drink
made
from
the
seeds
of
this
plant
that
he
gave
it
the
name
of
Cacao
Theobroma,
or
**
Food
of
the
Gods."
As
a
drink
it
cannot
be
classed
among
the
infusions,
like
tea,
nor
is
it
roasted
and
ground
to
powder
like
coffee
;
but
the
seeds
are
crushed
and
mealed
in
a
mill,
and
from
this
oily
meal
is
made
the
thin
gruel
which
we
drink
as
cocoa.
It
seems
to
have
been
originally
a
native
of
Mexico,
and
is
now
cultivated
there,
in
Honduras,
Guatemala,
Nicaragua,
Brazil,
Peru,
Ecuador,
New
Granada,
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