[ His smile is gentle as he shakes his head, now going back to the initial thing said. ]
And, not knowing what cocoa is, is definitely not something to apologize for. It's a form of chocolate, which is something that comes from the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao.
[ After moving to sit down, he takes a sip of his coffee. ]
Where I'm from, the cacao tree is native to the amazonic valleys. More than four thousand years prior to the year two thousand sixteen, [ meaning his time, ] it was consumed by pre-Columbian cultures along the Yucatán. It was even used during spiritual ceremonies by some people.
Nearly seventy percent of the world's crops, in my day and age, is grown in a place called West Africa. Something that works out pretty great for them, since they need to be in a tropical area. And, fortunately, for a lot of people, harvesting these things isn't restricted to just once per year. In fact, in some places, it's harvested pretty much any time.
[ There's a hint of sheepishness in his smile as he twists a strand of bangs. ]
It's... something that's pretty popular on my world. Just three years ago from my time, it was said that they were harvesting almost five million tons of the stuff, per year. Meaning the production rate increased by nearly two hundred percent in just thirty-nine years.
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[ His smile is gentle as he shakes his head, now going back to the initial thing said. ]
And, not knowing what cocoa is, is definitely not something to apologize for. It's a form of chocolate, which is something that comes from the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao.
[ After moving to sit down, he takes a sip of his coffee. ]
Where I'm from, the cacao tree is native to the amazonic valleys. More than four thousand years prior to the year two thousand sixteen, [ meaning his time, ] it was consumed by pre-Columbian cultures along the Yucatán. It was even used during spiritual ceremonies by some people.
Nearly seventy percent of the world's crops, in my day and age, is grown in a place called West Africa. Something that works out pretty great for them, since they need to be in a tropical area. And, fortunately, for a lot of people, harvesting these things isn't restricted to just once per year. In fact, in some places, it's harvested pretty much any time.
[ There's a hint of sheepishness in his smile as he twists a strand of bangs. ]
It's... something that's pretty popular on my world. Just three years ago from my time, it was said that they were harvesting almost five million tons of the stuff, per year. Meaning the production rate increased by nearly two hundred percent in just thirty-nine years.
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