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30th Jul 2014

VIDEO: These African Cocoa Farmers Taste Chocolate For The First Time

Despite the fact that they farm cocoa beans, this is the first time they have tasted it.

Sue Murphy

Despite the fact that they are the biggest producers and exporters of cocoa beans in the world, most farmers from the Ivory Coast have never tasted chocolate in their entire lives.

Surprisingly, chocolate is too expensive for most farmers in the Ivory Coast to be able to afford it. A Dutch television station introduced the product to the farmers and asked them to taste it.

There is something a little heartbreaking about this.

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chocolate