Cocoa And Chocolate
The Tree, The Bean The Beverage

•G- >' iih ä INDEX Names of places are in heavy type. An asterisk indicates an illustration. Accra, 62, *77, *81, 90, 91 Acetic acid, 63, 108 Acosta, Joseph, 19 Adulteration of cocoa, 121 Alcohol produced by fermenta- tion, 54, 60, 63 Alkaline treating of cocoa, 118 Alligator cacao, 37 Altitude, cacao cultivation, 33 Amazon, 11 Amelonado cacao, 8, 9, 76 Analytical composition, cacao shell, 114 -----------■, cocoa, 121 Angoleta, 8, 9 Ashanti, 86 Auction of cacao, 88 ■------ of cacao butter, 123 Aztecs, 11, 14, 17 Bagging cacao beans, 83 Bahia, 28, 41, 51, 90, 94 Baker, W. & Co., 21 Barbadoes, 33 Beans, cacao, 9, 10, 89, 92 ----, •——, composition, 106 ■ ,-----, description of, 89 ----, -----•, changes during fermentation, 61 ----,-----, use as money, 14 Benzoni, Girolamo, 15 Bibliography, 141 Botanic description, 6 Brazil, 28, 41, 84, 87, 133, 135 Breaking pods, *55 British West Africa, 139. See Gold Coast -----------Indies, 139 Budding and grafting, 38 Cacao butter, 27, 116, 121 — —melting point, 122 Cacao butter, pressingout, 116 Cacao flowers, 4, 6 ----fruit, 5, 6, 52 —-— introduction into Europe, 15 ---- leaves, 4 ----— markets, 88 — mass, 115 ---- picker, 51, 54 ---- plantation, 4, *40, 51, 95 ---- seeds, 9, 10, 89, 92 ---- shell, 106, 112 ------- shipping ports, 86 . ---- sweatings, 63 ■--- tree, 4, *7, 15, *16, 51 ----------, yield, 5, 10, 38, 51, 76, 104 Cacauatl, 16 Cadbury Bros., 24, 64, 82, 87 ----, Richard, 27 Caffeine, 121 Calabacillo, 8, 9, 10, 38, 60, 92 Cameroons, 46, 90 Caracas, 78, 136. See also Venezuela Cardenas, J. de, 18 Castillo, Bernal Diaz del, 14, 15 Catch crops, 40, *40 Cavendish, Thomas, 14 Celebes, 28 Ceylon, 8, 31, 42, 43, 44, 46, 50, 71, 91, 92, 94, 95, 133, 135 Chilton, John, 15 Chittenden, Dr., 56 Chupons, 44 Churchman, Walter, 22 Claying cacao beans, 71 Chocolate, drinking, 17, 20, 23, 25, 125 ----, early popularity, 20, 23 ----, eating, 23, 25, 125 143