Cocoa and Chocolate: Their History from Plantation to Consumer

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Cocoa and Chocolate, by Arthur W. KnappThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to ConsumerAuthor: Arthur W. KnappRelease Date: August 18, 2006 [EBook #19073]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COCOA AND CHOCOLATE ***Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Annika Feilbach and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netCOCOA AND CHOCOLATE_Their History from Plantation to Consumer_ByARTHUR W. KNAPPB. Sc. (B'ham.), F.I.C., B. Sc. (Lond.) Member of the Society ofPublic Analysts; Member of the Society of Chemical Industry; Fellowof the Institute of Hygiene. Research Chemist to Messrs. CadburyBros., Ltd.LONDONCHAPMAN AND HALL, LTD.1920PREFACEAlthough there are several excellent scientific works dealing in adetailed manner with the cacao bean and its products from the variousview points of the technician, there is no comprehensive modern workwritten for the general reader. Until that appears, I offer this littlebook, which attempts to cover lightly but accurately the whole ground,including the history of cacao, its cultivation and manufacture. This isa small book in which to treat of so ...