On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:11:38 -0500,VtSkier, wrote

BK wrote:
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:28:48 -0500, Bob Kolker wrote:

VtSkier wrote:

I can't find any referrence of cocaine being present in
cocoa. Caffein, yes, but not cocaine.
The coke is in the leaf, not the seed.

Bob Kolker

Um, guys? You're confusing two entirely different plants:

Coca (from whence comes cocaine) - Erythroxylum coca
Cocoa (from whence comes chocolate) - Theobroma cacao

BK (back to lurk mode)

That's what I was getting at, but thanks.

And I knew the difference and thank you too BK. This is
a fairly common misunderstanding because of the similarity
of the sound of the names. Also the amount of caffine in
cocoa or cacao is rather small and if Moctezuma drank it for
the caffiene he would have to go thru 50 cups a day.

As for drinking money when drinking cocoa that is the fact
with all beverages, Even water costs a lot these days.

later
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"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of cocoa that the thoughts acquire speed,
the thighs acquire girth, the girth become a warning.
It is by theobromine alone I set my mind in motion."
--from Someone else's Dune spoof ripped to my taste.