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Distro - Chocolate. 2002 

Alex Webb 

Ever since early European explorers of the New World brought the cacao bean back to Europe, chocolate has been seen as a luxury commodity. In 17th and 18th century European society hot chocolate was prized as a beverage for the rich and sophisticated. These days, chocolate is mass-produced - particularly in such places as Hershey, Pennsylvania in the United States - and is no longer a rarity enjoyed only by the upper classes, so connoisseurs of the world look to France, Switzerland, and Belgium for true chocolate delicacies.

But the basis of chocolate, the cacao bean, lies far from Europe and... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Near Duran. 2002. Drying cacao at the Cofina export... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Near Duran. 2002. Drying cacao at the Cofina export... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. 2002. Near Duran. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Agostinho Neto Plantation. 2002. Cacao beans are loaded... 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Agostinho Neto Plantation. 2002. Cacao beans are loaded... 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Rosema. 2002. Drying of cacao beans. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Ponta Figo Plantation. 2002. A worker shows cacao beans.... 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Rosema. 2002. Drying of cacao beans. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Diogo Voz. 2002. Drying of cacao beans. 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Near Duran. 2002. Workers carry bags of cacao beans... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Near Duran. 2002. Workers carry bags of cacao beans... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Quevedo. 2002. Monkey with sacks of cacao at an exporter's... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Agua Santa. 2002. Yachana gourmet workers load recently... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Zhucay. 2002. Cacao workers hang out. 

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ECUADOR. Zhucay. 2002. Making hot chocolate the traditional way,... 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. 2002. Harvesting of cacao beans takes place in the... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Los Rios (on the Napo River). 2002. Cacao pods. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Agostinho Neto Plantation. 2002. Workers with tools... 

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SAO TOME. Near Agostino Neto Plantation. 2002. Harvesting cacao.... 

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ECUADOR. Area of Los Rios. 2002. Families harvest cacao. Children... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Area of Los Rios. 2002. Families harvest cacao. Children... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Area of Los Rios. 2002. Families harvest cacao. Children... 

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SAO TOME. Esprainha. 2002. Cacao harvesting. 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Area of Los Rios. 2002. Families harvest cacao. Children... 

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SAO TOME. Near Esprainha. 2002. Harvested cacao beans await collection.... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Area of Los Rios. 2002. Families harvest cacao. Children... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Area of Los Rios. 2002. Families harvest cacao. Children... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Area of Los Rios. 2002. Families harvest cacao. Children... 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Near Esprainha. 2002. Harvested cacao beans await collection.... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Babahoyo. 2002. Cacao workers come to the Napo River... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Babahoyo. 2002. Cacao workers come to the Napo River... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Babahoyo. 2002. Cacao workers come to the Napo River... 

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ECUADOR. Near Cruz Chicta. 2002. Harvested cacao awaits collection.... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Near Cruz Chicta. 2002. Covered with flies, cacao awaits... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Near Quevedo. 2002. An experimental scientific cacao... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Near Quevedo. 2002. An experimental scientific cacao... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Agua Santa. 2002. Weekly market on the banks of the... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Mondana. 2002. Child with drying cacao beans in the... 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Rosema. 2002. Cacao worker children play in front of... 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Rosema. 2002.

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ECUADOR. Mushullacta. 2002. Cacao leaves are used as umbrellas... 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Mushullacta. 2002. Cacao leaves are used as umbrellas... 

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ECUADOR. Along the River Napo. 2002. Panning for gold. This is... 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. 2002. Village on the Agostinho Neto plantation. 

Alex Webb 2002

ECUADOR. Mondana. 2002. Late afternoon. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Ribeiro Palma Praya. 2002. Cacao families. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. 2002. Agostinho Neto plantation. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. 2002. Agostinho Neto plantation. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. Rosema. 2002.

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. 2002. Agostinho Neto plantation. 

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SAO TOME. 2002. Diogo Voz plantation. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. 2002. Diogo Voz plantation. 

Alex Webb 2002

SAO TOME. 2002. Diogo Voz plantation. 

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USA. Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2002. The Hersheypark amusement park.... 

Alex Webb 2002

USA. Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2002. The Hersheypark amusement park.... 

Alex Webb 2002

USA. Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2002. The Hersheypark amusement park.... 

Alex Webb 2002

USA. Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2002. The Hersheypark amusement park.... 

Alex Webb 2002

USA. Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2002. The Hersheypark amusement park.... 

Alex Webb 2002

USA. Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2002. The Hersheypark amusement park.... 

Alex Webb 2002

USA. Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2002. Stuffed Hershey's "Kisses"... 
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