it was introduced by the Native Americans
cocoa is native in Europe
Christopher Columbus was believed to have robbed a Mayan trader and upon inspecting his booty, learning about cocoa beans at that time. He brought cocoa beans along with other treasures back to Europe. He thought they were some kind of nut and no one really paid much attention to them at the time.
903,646 metric tonnes in 2011.
I think that the paste contains a lot of fat, called "cocoa butter" which is extracted..
Cocoa, cocoa butter and CHOCOLATE!
cocoa is native in Europe
Mexico is the 13th largest producer of cocoa beans in the world, with 21,388 metric tons for 2011. As cocoa is considered a commodity, it can be sold and exported to other countries, such as the United States and Europe. During that same year, Mexico's cocoa farmers gained approximately US$22 million from their production.
Cocoa Puffs
Mostly tropical fruit and cocoa
it was first sirved as a drink in europe, and then cocoa powder was mixed with cocoa butter,milk and sugar to create the chocolate we eat today.
For the cocoa year 2008-09, Ghana exported 703,000 metric tons of cocoa, making it the second largest cocoa exporter in the world. That amount is a slight increase from the 680,000 tons exported during the previous cocoa year. (Reuters report 5 October 2009.)
crops like indigo, coffee, tobacco, sugar, cocoa
£50 a year
15 grams
Christopher Columbus was believed to have robbed a Mayan trader and upon inspecting his booty, learning about cocoa beans at that time. He brought cocoa beans along with other treasures back to Europe. He thought they were some kind of nut and no one really paid much attention to them at the time.
You appear to be referring to Georgia which is a state in the USA and a country in Europe.
It was discovered before recorded history.