cocoa bean

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The cocoa bean, actually a seed, grows in pods on trees.
可可豆（實(shí)際上就是可可子）生長(zhǎng)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：在巧克力成為巧克力之前，它來源于小小的可可豆。
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)為懂巧克力的人深情的形容吃過它之后唇齒留香回味的感覺就像香草、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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