On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:15:27 -0500,devo101@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> Thanks,
>
> I am looking for any source at this point im****ter or further down the
> chain. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Eric
I think you might google up Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco
California and they might be able to help you as they sell consumer
size packages and small amounts of bulk organic cocoa beans in their
store. Not cheap though at consumer level.
>
> On 16 Feb 2007 19:39:02 -0600, "Art Pollard" <pollarda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
> >
> ><devo101@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:mfo3t213e33lut9h54sdg0chh6s2dhcuqe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>I am looking for a source for raw cacao beans by the 70 kg or so bag.
> >> They need to be organic. Would like to buy directly from the
> >> im****ter. Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> >I think you will find that most im****ters would be hesitant to sell
single
> >bags. In fact, most would be fairly hesitant to send single palates.
> >(There are generally about 8 bags per palate.) The quantities simply
are
> >too small for them to deal with the paperwork and ****pping. You would
> >probably also get reamed on the ****pping.since you only start to save
if you
> >are working with one or more palates at a time. (The ****pping can be
> >amoritized over more pounds and the ****pping companies are happier as
well.)
> >
> >Probably not quite what you want to hear but that is the reality of the
> >situation. Finding that in organic would likely be even more
difficult.
> >
> >-Art
later
bliss -- C O C O A Powered... (at california dot com)
--
bobbie sellers - a retired nurse in San Francisco
"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of cocoa that the thoughts acquire speed,
the thighs acquire girth, the girth become a warning.
It is by theobromine alone I set my mind in motion."
--from Someone else's Dune spoof ripped to my taste.
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