Morning Eye Candy: Heartfelt
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 23 2013, by Matt Newman
Nifty Wild Medicine factoid: it’s been found that residents of the islands east of Panama, who drink a lightly-processed cocoa beverage up to five times a day, are almost entirely free of hypertension. Researchers lean toward the chocolate as a prime suspect in this discovery, though I’m guessing most of us don’t need a peer-reviewed report to justify buying ourselves a treat now and then. Just remember to go for the real thing—at least 70% cacao!
Check out our cacao-focused table in the Conservatory when you visit, and be sure to keep an eye out for the pods growing in our cacao trees.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Hello,
Fun little read. I stumble upon this look for a way to preserve fresh cocoa pods.
Do you have any knowledge of how to preserve a whole cocoa pod? What liquid/solution? I have a few so i can try one cut and one whole.
Thanks. Rich.