Cacao
noun
A tropical tree whose seeds are used to make cocoa and chocolate.
Cacao trees are native to Central and South America.
Often appears as...
- cacao tree
- cacao seed
noun
The seeds of the cacao tree, used to produce cocoa and chocolate.
Cacao is harvested and processed to make delicious chocolate.
Often appears as...
- raw cacao
- cacao powder
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noun
A tropical tree whose seeds are used to make cocoa and chocolate.
Cacao trees are native to Central and South America.
Often appears as...
- cacao tree
- cacao seed
noun
The seeds of the cacao tree, used to produce cocoa and chocolate.
Cacao is harvested and processed to make delicious chocolate.
Often appears as...
- raw cacao
- cacao powder
Usage tips
Approving
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Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Origin
Cacao trees grow mainly in the tropical climates of the Americas and Africa.
Cacao trees thrive best near the equator.
Pro Tip 2/3Botanical Aspect
Understanding 'cacao' includes its role in botany and the process from tree to chocolate.
Biologists study how cacao trees pollinate and fruit.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Cacao has a rich heritage, especially in ancient Mesoamerican cultures.
Cacao was once considered a gift from the gods by the Aztecs.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Origin
Cacao trees grow mainly in the tropical climates of the Americas and Africa.
Cacao trees thrive best near the equator.
Pro Tip 2/3Botanical Aspect
Understanding 'cacao' includes its role in botany and the process from tree to chocolate.
Biologists study how cacao trees pollinate and fruit.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Cacao has a rich heritage, especially in ancient Mesoamerican cultures.
Cacao was once considered a gift from the gods by the Aztecs.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Origin
Cacao trees grow mainly in the tropical climates of the Americas and Africa.
Cacao trees thrive best near the equator.
Pro Tip 2/3Botanical Aspect
Understanding 'cacao' includes its role in botany and the process from tree to chocolate.
Biologists study how cacao trees pollinate and fruit.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Cacao has a rich heritage, especially in ancient Mesoamerican cultures.
Cacao was once considered a gift from the gods by the Aztecs.
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Caffeine 101 PIPE National...
Caffeine occurs naturally in coffee beans, tea leaves, cacao beans and some tree nuts. People have been consuming it for centuries. But dailY consumption took off sporadically at different times in different places around the world.
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The history of chocolate...
of the native cacao tree. The earliest records tell us the beans were ground and mixed with cornmeal and chili peppers to create a drink - not a relaxing cup of hot cocoa, but a bitter, invigorating concoction frothing with foam.
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12 truths I learned from...
cranky, annoying self is home. It's where world peace begins. Number chocolate with 75 percent cacao is not actually a food.
Video examples
Caffeine 101 PIPE National...
Caffeine occurs naturally in coffee beans, tea leaves, cacao beans and some tree nuts. People have been consuming it for centuries. But dailY consumption took off sporadically at different times in different places around the world.
Video examples
The history of chocolate...
of the native cacao tree. The earliest records tell us the beans were ground and mixed with cornmeal and chili peppers to create a drink - not a relaxing cup of hot cocoa, but a bitter, invigorating concoction frothing with foam.
Video examples
12 truths I learned from...
cranky, annoying self is home. It's where world peace begins. Number chocolate with 75 percent cacao is not actually a food.
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Quote examples
Vincent Gallo
American Actor
I drive out to this quail farm, where I get a lot of these incredible quail eggs, which I eat all day long. And I eat a lot of superfoods like goji, cacao and chia seeds, things like that. And I like unpasteurised milk of the goat and the sheep. They send it once a week from Pennsylvania, from the Amish farms, and I get it in Los Angeles.
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Bill Buford
American Author
Bahia is the Amazon's geographical next-of-kin: the same climate, forest canopy, diverse floor. But there is no wild cacao; the tree was introduced, most likely by a Frenchman, Louis Frederick Warneaux, who, in 1746, sowed seeds near one of Bahia's large rivers.
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Jacques Torres
Algerian Chef
You can easily compare chocolate to wine. What makes a good wine is usually a good terroir, a good grape, and the weather has something to do with it. Chocolate is the same, from where the cacao bean grows to what type of tree it grows on.
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Bill Buford
American Author
The cacao content is a wrapper's most important datum, and the acceptable benchmark is seventy per cent. The figure is a measure of 'cocoa mass.
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Nazanin Boniadi
British Actress
Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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Bill Buford
American Author
If kept dry, a chocolate with a high cacao content, I've discovered, rarely spoils.
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Vincent Gallo
American Actor
I drive out to this quail farm, where I get a lot of these incredible quail eggs, which I eat all day long. And I eat a lot of superfoods like goji, cacao and chia seeds, things like that. And I like unpasteurised milk of the goat and the sheep. They send it once a week from Pennsylvania, from the Amish farms, and I get it in Los Angeles.
Quote examples
Bill Buford
American Author
Bahia is the Amazon's geographical next-of-kin: the same climate, forest canopy, diverse floor. But there is no wild cacao; the tree was introduced, most likely by a Frenchman, Louis Frederick Warneaux, who, in 1746, sowed seeds near one of Bahia's large rivers.
Quote examples
Jacques Torres
Algerian Chef
You can easily compare chocolate to wine. What makes a good wine is usually a good terroir, a good grape, and the weather has something to do with it. Chocolate is the same, from where the cacao bean grows to what type of tree it grows on.
Quote examples
Bill Buford
American Author
The cacao content is a wrapper's most important datum, and the acceptable benchmark is seventy per cent. The figure is a measure of 'cocoa mass.
Quote examples
Nazanin Boniadi
British Actress
Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
Quote examples
Bill Buford
American Author
If kept dry, a chocolate with a high cacao content, I've discovered, rarely spoils.
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