Geo Quiz

Ecuadorian chocolate

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For today’s Geo Quiz we make our way to a city in the heart of Ecuador. The city were looking for is a good launch pad for an excursion into the Amazon rainforest.

This city is the capital of Ecuador’s Napo Province. Ecotourists often gather here before heading out into the rainforest for birdwatching or river rafting expeditions.

Or if you prefer to hang out in this city near the equator, search out a local cafe for a cool colada.  That’s a sweet drink made of oatmeal, flavored with cinnamon sticks. Or a batido…that’s something like a fruity American milkshake.

So name this Ecuadorian city at the edge of the Andes if you can, a city surrounded by dense rainforest…that’s perfect for growing cacao.

The name of the city in Ecuador we’e looking for is Tena. Melaina Spitzer recently traveled there to sample some of the locally grown organic chocolate. The chocolate is produced by a workers cooperative called Kallari.

And in order to follow the trail of chocolate from bean to bar — she first had to put on her boots:

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