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 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT COCOA BEANS



The cocoa bean is the fruit of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), a tropical plant native to the Americas' equatorial regions. The fluid paste, or liquor, is made from the processed cocoa bean and is used to make cocoa powder and chocolate. 
The word "cocoa" is derived from the Nahuatl word "cacahuatl", which is taken from the Spanish word "cacao". Theobroma Cacao is the botanical name for the cacao (or cocoa) tree.

Here, some of the Interesting facts about cocoa beans are:

1. Theobroma Cacao is the botanical name for the cacao (or cocoa) tree. The name comes from the Greek words 'theos', which means gods, and 'broma', which means food. (The food of God= theo+ broma.)

2. The cocoa plant comes in three varieties: Criollo (Central America), Forastero (Wesy Africa and South America) and Trinitario (North America) 

3. Cocoa Beans as Money- Mayans and Aztecs used cacao beans as money to purchase food, clothing and other items , as well as to make the bitter drink Xocoatl. Cocoa beans were more valuable than gold to the Aztecs.

4. Each tree yields about 1,000 beans per year, enough to manufacture one kilogram of chocolate.

5. Cocoa trees grow at a snail's pace. A cocoa tree takes roughly 5 years to produce its first seed pods.

6. Cacao beans are not the same as cocoa beans. The main distinction between the two is how the cacao bean is processed once it has been harvested. Cacao beans are unroasted, dry seeds from unprocessed cacao pods. Cocoa beans, on the other hand, are highly processed type of cacao bean.

7. The 13th of December is National Cocoa Day.

8. Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Ghana, Nigeria, Ecuador and Brazil are the world's major producers of cocoa beans.

9. The fattest portion of the bean is cocoa butter. Inside each cocoa bean, this is the white outside border. It is removed by pressing and exposing it to high temperatures.

10. Protects the heart, maintains blood pressure, reduces obesity, treats diabetes, antioxidants activity, maintains cholesterol level, brain function and skin problems are just a few of the health advantages of cocoa beans.

11. 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of cocoa beans contain 228 calories.

12. During his fourth visit to the New World in 1502, Christopher Columbus first observed cocoa beans.

13. The Maya Indians, one of the continent's oldest civilizations, were the first to cultivate cocoa trees.

14. The cocoa tree reaches a height of 30 feet and produces white blossoms and colorful fruit. 

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