Here you can discover the history, great health benefits, and fun facts about cocoa!
Cacao trees are found only in tropical climates, 20 degrees north and south of equator, just like vanilla.
To the Aztec’s, Chocolate was much more valuable than gold or silver. When Montezuma was defeated by Cortez in 1519, the conquistadors searched his palace and found huge quantities of cocoa beans instead of gold, silver, or precious metals.
The Swiss consume more chocolate per capita than any other nation on earth: 22 pounds each compared to 11 pounds per person in the United States.
It takes a cocoa tree five years to produce its first cocoa beans.
Cocoa beans are called “cocoa” beans and not “cacao” beans because of a spelling mistake made by English importers in the 18th century when chocolate was becoming popular.
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