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>countries where chocolate comes from
Cocoa plant originated in southern part of American continent, but nowadays the largest and most prominent grower and producer of cocoa beans on the planet is African continent, specifically so Cote d'Ivoire that was mentioned earlier ITT.
The plant originated on American continent, this is true, but that original plant produced beans of way lesser quality and tasting experience than the modern grown one, as climate of Africa was proven to be the best and most suitable for the plant, resulting in way better quality of beans and taste of end product. It is what it is.
Oranges (and mandarines/tangerines), for example, originated from China, and yet native domestic Chinese oranges suck ass, due to intricacies of soil and weather. The latin and Russian word "apelsin", for example, is a translit of "appelsina", which literally means "apple from China", since orange is FACTUALLY an apple-lemon hybrid, that was created purely by accident. Fun fact: oranges did NOT exist in the wild initially, they are purely accidental hybrid that was created by humans in gardens, it has no wild nature progenitor/ancestor.
Besides, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil are all in the OP's list, and all of those are technically descendants of native south Americans who prepared and used chocolate for ceremonial purposes. So, hey.
