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.
South America/Mexico. It is a native plant to that area.
the aztecs, who lived in central America, valued cocoa beans so highly they were sometimes traded for other goods like money is.
Other than cocoa beans for a drink, the Aztecs have also used cocoa beans as a currency to purchase goods such as a rabbit or an enslaved human. Hope this helps!
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Cacao Beans. Not to be confused with cocoa beans.
Aztecs used cocoa beans as money regularly
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No y would they food is more and alot of food comes from Mexico so there is probably some beans in Mexico
They don't. It is actually grown in Mexico in the form of cocoa plantations; Mexico is the 13th largest producer of such crop in the world with 27174 tonnes of cocoa beans (2010)
No, cocoa is cacao beans
No, cocoa is cacao beans
after the cocoa beans are roasted