G Word correspondent, Stephen Brooks visits a cacao farm in Costa Rica where we learn all about the plant seed used to make chocolate.
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G Word Shorts: Origin of Chocolate
G Word correspondent, Stephen Brooks visits a cacao farm in Costa Rica where we learn all about the plant seed used to make chocolate.
Added: May 1, 2009
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Runtime: 01:19
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