Shake all ingredients together in a small jar. Macerate for 2 to 3 days shaking often. Strain through a wetted coffee filter and store in a small, airtight jar. Keeps indefinitely.

A few years ago, when David Wolfe discovered raw cacao beans (sometimes called “cocoa beans”), the world changed. Up until that time, the raw chocolate nut from which all chocolate is made (raw cacao IS raw chocolate) was almost totally unknown to North America. You couldn’t buy this food anywhere–internet included–so rare it was.

Germany was introduced to chocolate around 1646 when brought by visitors. Chocolate ultimately reached England in the 1650s, where King Charles II found it to be on of his most valued treasures.

For years now, everyone from grandmothers to TV talk show hosts have been touting the merits of cocoa butter for its rumored amazing ability to heal stretch marks. The question we are setting out to answer is: Is Cocoa Butter the Stretch Marks Wonder Cure?

Cocoa wine is produced from powdered cocoa and sucrose. It contains 10-13% ethanol, almost null methanol, some higher alcohols, other volatile acids and a very high concentration of acetic acid. The analysis of physico-chemical and sensory characteristics of cocoa wine compares reasonably well with commercially wines.

Apple still has not lifted the NDA from its SDK agreement which prohibits developers from talking and sharing help with others, frustrating many iPhone developers.