cocoa bean

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The cocoa bean, actually a seed, grows in pods on trees.
可可豆（实际上就是可可子）生长在可可树的豆荚中。
Cocoa Nibs: Before chocolate becomes chocolate, it originates from the humble cocoa bean.
可可碎仁：在巧克力成为巧克力之前，它来源于小小的可可豆。
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.
纯粹主义者知道最稀有最好的三种可可豆是Criollo，自认为懂巧克力的人深情的形容吃过它之后唇齿留香回味的感觉就像香草、焦糖、果仁一样。

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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