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Commodity illustration: Cacao

Category:Provisions

Cacao

Standard price
800 pieces of eight per Ton
Surplus
700 pieces of eight
Scarcity
1,200 pieces of eight
Quality

Export regions

Cacao is shipped as brown beans with a dark, oily interior. They are the seeds of a tropical tree, harvested from large pods, and still need considerable preparation before they become a cup of chocolate.

Roasting, shelling and grinding turn the beans into a paste, mixed with water, sugar and aromatics for drinking. Long familiar in the Americas, chocolate is gaining favour among wealthy Europeans. These cargoes carry the produce of American plantations to kitchens where serving the drink is becoming a mark of refinement.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 524, 525, 526, 527, 533, PDF pages 521.
  • La Révolte, p. 286, 308.

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.