A popsicle stick hides a harsher story. At its center sits cacao, a rainforest seed that first evolved not for pleasure but for survival inside animal intestines, its waxy coat and bitter chemistry tuned to endure gastric acid and emerge ready to sprout in dung rich soil.The odd truth is that this built‑in defense became its entry ticket to human taste. Because the raw seed is so astringent, early...More