Business Luncheon at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

01 September 2018

On the first of September, the ECA will attend a business luncheon at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, during which the theme of “Opportunities in the Indonesian Cacao Sector” will be discussed. Several representatives from APKASI (Association of Indonesian Municipalities) will be present and the ECA has been invited to present its activities.

What they think about chocolate
- The superiority of chocolate, both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain
  
  Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826; third President of the USA)
- So noble a confession more than nectar & ambrosia, the true food of the gods
  
  Dr Etienne Bachot(1610-1687; French physician)
- Nowhere else has nature compressed such a store of the most valuable nutrient into such a small space as it has with the cocoa bean
  
  Alexander Von Humboldt (1769-1859; German naturalist & traveler)
- Look, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolates
  
  Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935; Portuguese poet)

Business Luncheon at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

What they think about chocolate