REDUX REVIEW: Below are 2 separate rounds of The Tea & Chocolate Place bars -- one from Summer 2016 & the second Winter 2016

********************************* Cultivated & crafted in the shadows of the ruins constituting the ancient Mayan city called Copán. Shades perhaps of the very essence that founding Emperor K’inch Yax K’uk’ Mo’ imbibed in his time.

He the focal point on the Dazzler Vase (below), arguably the most famed vessel from all of Meoamerica, recovered within the royal Margarita Tomb in Copán, Honduras. It sports a goggle-eyed figure peering out the window of a talud-&-tablero style structure.

Mayanist David Stuart views this figure as the spirit of K’uk’ Mo’. A well-preserved layer of cacáo residue lines the bottom of the vase, retaining the hue of Dark chocolate, the remains of a possible ritual draft. The intent is that cacáo would sustain the departed on their long journey thru the underworld… the finest offering made even more sacred by its escorting them.

These offerings here from The Tea & Chocolate Place are sure to bring a smile to his face that descendants proudly carry on the seminal tradition which got the world rocking on chocolate.

A small cadre of local growers engaging in forest regeneration by planting non-grafted seedlings from the most authentic cacáo native to the area &/or adapted, including some possible relics of ancient strains.

2 main types / cultivars: a) red pods with pink-to-purple seeds; & b) yellow pods, quite warty with deep ridges. Set in a forest garden among vanilla, sapote, piper (pepper) relatives, chile, annatto, + more.

And moreover, with weather anomalies, migratory tensions & economic distress, a small global benefit, consider it a down payment, for everyone on the planet if they succeed.