Special hatch date May 04 - Star Wars: May the Fourth be with you!

CHOCOLATE TERMS for offspring naming

Amenolado - a delicate cacao variety derived from the Arriba bean
Arriba - a mild variety cultivated in Ecuador, considered one of the world's best
Cacahuatl - the Aztec word for cacao bean
Cacao - name for the tree (and beans) which produces chocolate
Caraque - the criollo variety of bean
Chuao - a 17th century plantation in Venezuela growing one of the most highly prized criollo varieties
Cocoa - self explanatory but also a name for the substance produced during chocolate making process
Criollo - one of the three main types of beans
Cupuacu - related to cacao, native to Brazil, produces a mellow, fruity, light-colored chocolate
Forastero - one of the three main types of beans, from the upper Amazon; hearty, strong and bitter
Ganache - made with varying proportions of chocolate and cream
Gianduia - blended with hazelnuts or almonds
Guayaquil - a trinitario variety from western Ecuador with a sweet flavor
Ibarra - a brand of Mexican chocolate used mostly for making hot chocolate
Lokum - Turkish Delight
Maragnan - a forastero variety with a strong flavour, grown in Brazil
Maya - the people who first cultivated cacao, in the Yucatan region of Mexico c. 600AD
Mocha - a flavour combination of chocolate and coffee
Trinitario - a cross between criollo & forastero beans, one of the three main types of cacao beans


Breed change: 233,750 at dom during Brightshine '24 - Love & Affection genes only from Love is in the Air (purchased for 24kt each on AH)