Mysterious Capsizing of Freighter at Pier 7
Don’t be surprised if your tap tastes faintly like coffee chocolate this week. Over the weekend, a freighter docked off Pier 7 in Brooklyn tipped over, depositing 10 containers–at least two of which were filled with raw cocoa beans–in the East River. The 800,000 pounds of beans, bound for a factory in Chicago, were being…
Don’t be surprised if your tap tastes faintly like coffee chocolate this week. Over the weekend, a freighter docked off Pier 7 in Brooklyn tipped over, depositing 10 containers–at least two of which were filled with raw cocoa beans–in the East River. The 800,000 pounds of beans, bound for a factory in Chicago, were being stored at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal and most likely had come from Ivory Coast. The incident is under investigation. In the meantime, beware of over-caffeinated worms and snails.
There’s Cocoa in the River [NY Times] GMAP
Yes, coffee comes from coffee beans (which are really a fruit) that are ground but chocolate is extracted from cacao beans. The extraction in cold water will take quite a while . . . by spring we can look forward to a chocolate egg cream drifting by.
Can’t get anything past you, Whitbo!
And your tap water comes from upstate reservoirs not the East River…
gotta make those protection payments…
Doesn’t coffee come from cofee beans? I believe chocolate comes from cocoa beans.