Sunday, July 24, 2022

Costa Rica - Butterfly reserve and coffee/chocolate/sugarcane plantation

We went on a tour of a butterfly reserve and coffee/chocolate/sugarcane plantation. Both were very interesting. Clarence got to let a new butterfly go free.
I did not take many pictures of the coffee plantation.
We did find out that light roasted coffee has the most caffeine. I always thought it was the dark roast.
Did you know white chocolate is really coca butter and sugar?
Did you know there is green coffee? This is not roasted beans. It has the most caffeine.
The inside of the cacao bean, there is a white pulp that covers the bean. We got to taste the raw cacao bean. It had a little sweetness to it.

They showed us the complete process from growing the cacao plant to making chocolate. 


























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Some wild life in Costa Rica

 Here is some wild life in Costa Rica.  Beautiful birds and funny monkeys, great waterfalls!