Snowing cocoa? Chocolate factory glitch dusts Swiss town

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From https://apnews.com/879a16ca4c343a8877c787c06beca1f7

Snowing cocoa? Chocolate factory glitch dusts Swiss town

August 18, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — Residents of a Swiss town got a bit of a shock when it started snowing particles of a fine cocoa powder after the ventilation system at a chocolate factory malfunctioned.

The Lindt & Spruengli company confirmed local reports Tuesday that there was a minor defect in the cooling ventilation for a line for roasted “cocoa nibs” in its factory in Olten, between Zurich and Basel.

The nibs, fragments of crushed cocoa beans, are the basis of chocolate.

Combined with strong winds on Friday morning, the powder spread around the immediate vicinity of the factory, leaving a fine cocoa dusting.

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[In_The_Wind]

1. Time to rewash the clean laundry hanging on the line to dry.

[eShirl]

2. The Land Of Chocolate...

[samnsara]

3. every dogs gonna be licking everything..:(

[Historic NY]

4. Must smell wonderful

[CaptYossarian]

5. Imagine the kids.

I still see kids sticking out their tongues during a snowfall. This would cause adults to do the same.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. They get chocolate falling from the sky.

We get fish, frogs, and sharknados. It just ain't fair.

[tanyev]

7. Not quite as good as raining men, but I'd take it.

[pansypoo53219]

8. PICTURES!

[DFW]

9. Well, rats

I often have to change trains in Olten. Of all the times NOT to need to be in Switzerland!

[3catwoman3]

10. When I was a kid, my mom send to get cocoa shell mulch.

I can still remember how good it smelled.