Nuts

Cola acuminata

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Cola acuminata is one of the principal kola species of West African trade: bitter-stimulant seeds used in hospitality and ritual more than in pastry. Nuts often show multiple lobes; flavour is astringent then warming. A good C. acuminata nut is fresh for chew culture or properly dried for storage. A bad nut is rotten or adulterated. Do not recipe-swap with cocoa or sweet nuts. Caffeine content is real. In catalogs it must stay clearly a kola species, not a variety of mild snack nut.