Cocoa beans grow in pods that grow from the trunk and branches of the cocoa tree.
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You place cocoa beans onto a piece of jungle wood.
No, cocoa is made from the cocoa bean.
(This answer assumes the question is about the "Cocoa" bean from which Chocolate is made.) The Cocoa bean is the seed of the Cacao tree. Cacao trees may be grown from a single seed (that is, Cocoa bean), however in practice they are often propagated from a "cutting" to control the genetic heritage of the plant. (Cocoa beans are found in "Pods", that grow from the trunk of the tree, containing many beans or seeds. It is not necessary to plant a whole pod to get a tree.)
No, they are the seeds of the fruit of the cacao tree.
Well, that is a good question because some people say they are vegetables. Ya they are a "bean" but they grow on trees and most veggies grow from the ground... Plus, fruits are sweet and sometimes a bit bitter and so is chocolate. So, I'm going to agree with you that it is a gruit. Your Welcome A cocoa bean is the seed from within a fruit.
Start with the seeds being planted, how they grow, how the plants are cared for, how they are harvested, how they are processed, and then end with how cocoa is made and sent off as a finished product.
No, the cocoa bean starts out really bitter but then the factory adds sweetner to the mixture.
after the cocoa beans are roasted
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