The Australian traveled to the jungles of Ecuador, searching for the perfect cocoa bean: Arriba Nacionale, which features an intense smell and flowery aroma.

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Ms. McDonald, originally from Australia and now living in Frankfurt, started Blyss Chocolate because she wanted to bring back the pure flavor of the cocoa bean, without any additives or sugar.

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If all goes well, and if the test results are verified to the state government's satisfaction by a third-party auditor, which should happen within a few weeks, the plant will begin trucking mountains of used and otherwise useless (but free) cocoa-bean shells to the plant early next year.

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The shop, which touts its "bean to bar" process, sources cocoa beans from all over the world.

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