Cocoa Bean

A Cocoa Bean is a seed from Theobroma cacao.

• Context:
  • It can (often) be dried and fully fermented.
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• See: Cornmeal, Chocolate Liquor, Fermentation, Seed, Theobroma Cacao, Cocoa Solids, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Mesoamerican, Tejate, Mexico, Maize.

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References

2022

• (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cocoa_bean Retrieved:2022-11-14.
  • The cocoa bean (technically cocoa seed) or simply cocoa, also called the cacao bean (technically cacao seed) or cacao, is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted. Cocoa beans are the basis of chocolate, and Mesoamerican foods including tejate, an indigenous Mexican drink that also includes maize, and pinolillo, a similar Nicaraguan drink made from a cornmeal & cocoa powder.
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