Dating back more than 800 years, chocolate is deeply woven into the Indigenous history of Oaxaca, Mexico. TED Fellow Germán Santillán talks about his work reviving the Mixtec technique used to prepare this ancient delicacy by training a new generation of local farmers — helping create economic opportunity and preserve a delicious legacy at the same time.
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September 13, 2021 at 3:06 pm
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September 13, 2021 at 3:08 pm
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September 13, 2021 at 3:20 pm
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September 13, 2021 at 3:27 pm
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September 13, 2021 at 3:28 pm
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September 13, 2021 at 3:50 pm
“..That warms not only your heart, but also your soul.” -Germán Santillán
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September 13, 2021 at 4:08 pm
sounds very wonderful!
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September 13, 2021 at 4:18 pm
Well that was quite interesting. Thanks.
Esto es tan interesante de ver. Wooow. México es encantador
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September 13, 2021 at 4:37 pm
Que Rico!
Lucinda Flores
September 13, 2021 at 4:45 pm
👏 Que maravilloso proyecto!! Felicitaciones! Lo buscaré para probarlo se ve delicioso!
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September 14, 2021 at 4:35 am
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September 13, 2021 at 5:22 pm
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September 13, 2021 at 5:43 pm
Thank you for sharing the rich traditions of your people
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September 13, 2021 at 6:54 pm
Love chocolate next to coffee 🤫
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September 13, 2021 at 8:34 pm
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Samuel Zev
September 13, 2021 at 11:56 pm
Now this looks both delicious and interesting. They should have a workshop on chocolate planting, harvesting and cooking, id definitely join.
Mercedes Benzos
September 14, 2021 at 12:36 am
This is heartwarming and I wish them much success. I love Mexican hot chocolate. It brings back comforting childhood memories.
On a different note, the English Close Captioning is a hot mess and made me honestly laugh out loud a couple times, especially when they had, “Tony Stark bikin simultaneously” 😂
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September 14, 2021 at 1:56 am
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September 15, 2021 at 6:07 am
Auto caption is a setting on your platform…
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September 14, 2021 at 2:44 am
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September 14, 2021 at 3:00 am
Why would 19 people give this a thumbs down. It’s a fantastic story of success that should be praised. As a avid chocolate fan I salute you
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September 14, 2021 at 4:35 am
We salute you back! 😀
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September 15, 2021 at 6:12 am
Likely they are “muppets”
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September 14, 2021 at 4:01 am
Geez Louise!!!! I’m totally in love with Mexican chocolate and went straight to the website but they’re charging freakin’ $60 for 3.5 ounces of chocolate!!!!!! That’s the equivalent of THREE Skor bars, man!!!!!! Too rich for MY blood and WAY too expensive for the folks that bloody live there and MAKE the stuff!!!!! Nothing like exploiting your own people, man.
Armemos Un Jolgorio
September 14, 2021 at 4:34 am
You should ask again, they have a special offer of 1.5kg which are about 53 ounces for $65, so cool!
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September 15, 2021 at 4:50 am
You mean in peso. You know, MXN $.
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September 14, 2021 at 5:30 am
No disrespect to the content, love chocolate, but omg turn on the English subtitles for an entirely different story! Tony Stark bikini appears in the text, in fact most of the English is AI fail, so everyone adopt a Mexican accent because AI cannot hear your words basically AT ALL!
The subtext was absolutely hilarious! Watch it twice!
I had NO problem understanding his English. I’m smarter than AI, obviously!
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September 14, 2021 at 6:49 am
I am so sad that chocolate ism a migraine trigger for me. I love chocolate and would love to support these people.
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September 14, 2021 at 1:56 pm
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*_2_* Jeanne Louise Calment was the longest living human being—21 February 1875–4 August 1997 (122 years, 164 days)—who claimed her secret to long life was olive oil and chocolate.
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September 14, 2021 at 4:10 pm
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September 14, 2021 at 6:51 pm
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September 14, 2021 at 10:07 pm
The Mexican tradition is so beautiful, We may share all of knowledge of this amazing ancient culture.
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September 17, 2021 at 2:23 pm
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September 19, 2021 at 3:13 pm
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