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Default cost of producing a goblet of Montezuma's cocoa beverage?

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:28:48 -0500, Bob Kolker wrote:

> VtSkier wrote:
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>> I can't find any referrence of cocaine being present in
>> cocoa. Caffein, yes, but not cocaine.

>
> The coke is in the leaf, not the seed.
>
> Bob Kolker


Um, guys? You're confusing two entirely different plants:

Coca (from whence comes cocaine) - Erythroxylum coca
Cocoa (from whence comes chocolate) - Theobroma cacao

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