Thanks for sharing Thomas. Clay, I wonder if these two individuals, Ake Burchardt and Henning Jorgenson are still with us today? Would be a great interview on the Heritage Radio Network!

The April June 1955, edition has an article about West African cacao before Ivory Coast was a big player. Looks like Ghana was a significant producer before the fall of Brazil in the 80's. "The Quality of Raw Cacao and its Affects on the Manufacturer" in the same issue is another interesting read.

I can't stop going through it.

Tom:

I couldn't get your link to work for me. I went to Google Books and then entered " Restoring Chocolate's Old-Time Flavor" into the search box and found the text you mentioned. Here's a link that should work .

What a great find! I am l ooking forward to reading this.

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http://http://books.google.com/books?id=dN0OAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA20-IA34&dq=cacao+dominican+republic&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8qA8UYSqN8H90gGO5oGYAw&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=cacao%20dominican%20republic&f=false

I found this journal or newsletter on Google books and found this section fascinating. I provided the link and than you go down to: July-August 1953, Vol. 2 ns 43-44. There is a section titled, "Restoring Chocolate's Old-Time Flavor". Very similar to what I currently read about the future of fine flavored cacao.

updated by @thomas-forbes: 04/09/15 13:06:45