Kisumu, Kenya
cocoa beans
No coffee beans and Cocoa beans come from different plants
Cocoa Beans
Cocoa beans
South America/Mexico. It is a native plant to that area.
Ghana
Cocoa beans come from the cocoa tree. The tree has large yellow or orange fruits with a shape similar to papaya or butternut squash. Inside the fruit is the seeds, the cocoa beans. The beans are extracted and dried before they are roasted in a similar manner as coffee beans.
Cocoa beans are not considered a tree nut. However they do come from trees. The actual tree nut is the Cacao tree nut which contains the actual cocoa beans.
Yes, cocoa beans are considered a fruit because they come from the cacao tree's fruit pods.
Cocoa beans come from Africa
after the cocoa beans are roasted