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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why Would You Plant Theobroma cacao When You Can Plant Theobroma bicolor?
« Last post by Finca La Isla on Today at 09:21:44 AM »We grow pataxte, as it’s called in Mesoamérica. We eat the roasted seeds as well as the creamy pulp. Traditionally people use sand to scrub the pulp off and make a drink with the ground seeds. While the roasted seeds are very good the pataxte drink is not nearly as good as chocolate. So that’s a reason to grow cacao, some people like a rustic hot chocolate!
The maintenance might be easier with pataxte since the trees don’t really need pruning and the fruit falls when ready instead of having to manually pick every cacao fruit.
Peter
The maintenance might be easier with pataxte since the trees don’t really need pruning and the fruit falls when ready instead of having to manually pick every cacao fruit.
Peter