{"id":1305,"date":"2018-05-07T05:16:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T05:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2018-05-07T05:18:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T05:18:40","slug":"bitter-ivory-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/2018\/05\/07\/bitter-ivory-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thought About Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had previously seen raw cocoa nibs used in vegan recipes and in the bulk section of Whole Foods, but I had never inquired enough to taste one myself. I therefore went into this practice with a preconceived notion that cocoa nibs were for snobs. However, I was enlightened of my misjudgment as the contemplation continued.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1306 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/51bDSOg3JnL-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/51bDSOg3JnL-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/51bDSOg3JnL-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was interested in how the cocoa nib would morph during the time spent in my mouth and if it would resemble the morphisms that occur to chocolate as it sits in my mouth. However, the cocoa nib was nothing like chocolate. Chocolate becomes velvety as it melts from my body temperature and as it melts, it coats the inside of my mouth with a sweet and creamy substance that is extraordinarily pleasant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1307 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/09_barwrapped_Go-Ahead-and-Indulge-Here-are-12-Health-Benefits-of-Chocolate_539335069_DedMityay-1024x684-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/09_barwrapped_Go-Ahead-and-Indulge-Here-are-12-Health-Benefits-of-Chocolate_539335069_DedMityay-1024x684-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/09_barwrapped_Go-Ahead-and-Indulge-Here-are-12-Health-Benefits-of-Chocolate_539335069_DedMityay-1024x684-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/09_barwrapped_Go-Ahead-and-Indulge-Here-are-12-Health-Benefits-of-Chocolate_539335069_DedMityay-1024x684-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/09_barwrapped_Go-Ahead-and-Indulge-Here-are-12-Health-Benefits-of-Chocolate_539335069_DedMityay-1024x684-2-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1308\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cocoa nibs are a different experience. There is no sweetness that accompanies the bitterness and there is no creaminess that compliments the sweetness. It is bitter and earthy and as I chewed it, it felt like it was morphing into dirt in between my teeth. It sucked all the wetness out of my mouth and it took a while for me to swallow.<br \/>\nI thought about how valid of a representation this must be for the difference between those who farm cocoa beans and those who enjoy its processed products. Cocoa beans change so dramatically throughout its process on the commodity chain that by the time it turns into chocolate, the farmers who harvested the cocoa beans don\u2019t recognize the final product. In the First Taste of Chocolate in Ivory Coast video clip, the farmers on the Ivory Coast had never tasted the fruits of their labor, despite the prominent value that chocolate has in Western cultures. The difference between chocolate and cocoa nibs helps represent the disconnect amongst the world food system; the farmers receive the bitter, unprocessed version of the commodity chain whereas more affluent countries receive a decadent desert.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1311\" src=\"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/girl-eating-chocolate-3-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/girl-eating-chocolate-3-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/girl-eating-chocolate-3.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cites:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raw Cocoa\/Cacao Nibs 5 lbs. Bulk Arriba National Bean From Ecuador\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_2YtjvoZiFdduA1&#038;asin=B00NGQWFT4&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.rd.com\/health\/wellness\/health-benefits-of-chocolate\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.awesomeinventions.com\/shop\/chocolate-fountain\/<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/genome.fieldofscience.com\/2012\/04\/eat-more-chocolate-lose-weight.html<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had previously seen raw cocoa nibs used in vegan recipes and in the bulk section of Whole Foods, but I had never inquired enough to taste one myself. I therefore went into this practice with a preconceived notion that cocoa nibs were for snobs. However, I was enlightened of my misjudgment as the contemplation continued. &nbsp; I was interested&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/2018\/05\/07\/bitter-ivory-coast\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1318,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions\/1318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}