It's an early February morning on the banks of the Zerwa River in Brazil.

Not far from the Peruvian border, I'm with Luisa Abram and her dad, Andre, and we're

here on a simple mission, really?

Just try and save the most fragrant chocolate on Earth from total extinction.

We just arrived last night after a full day of travel by planes and small boat, and after

a rough night in a basic hut, we're moving a little slow as we take stock of the situation.

The story of this mission goes back a few years.

Luisa had just dialed in her technique for producing great chocolate from wild cacao beans.

One a nonprofit called SOS Amazonia that works to protect the Amazon its people came to

her with a plea.

They just found cacao growing along the banks of the Zerwa River in a pristine area where

the people had almost no source of income, which she considered working with them.

No one had ever tried making chocolate with this cacao, so of course she couldn't resist.

The flu north clear across Brazil and checked out the trees.

The pods were tiny with deep ridges.

The seeds inside were really small.

And when I saw it, I was just like, hmm, I think we found something different here, because

it was just so unique.

They collected samples and rushed them off to the USDA for analysis, and scientists couldn't

get back to them fast enough.

They were like, oh, this is a new thing.

You guys really found something different.

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