Bad weather, failed government policies and a fast-spreading virus are reducing output from the world’s top cocoa-growing ...

Cocoa powder is made from cacao beans, which come from the plant Theobroma cacao L. Cacao beans are the primary ingredient in chocolate, but they can also be ground into cocoa powder. The powder ...

Source: Theobroma cacao L. - Plants of the World Online - Kew Science. Researchers analysed pottery vessels from the Santa Ana (La Florida) archaeological site in the highlands of Ecuador ...

Based on archeological finds, it’s thought that people from Ecuador’s ancient Mayo-Chinchipe culture ingested a cacao-based substance as far back as 3,300 BCE. However, it’s not until the ...

Diaz del Castillo, an officer with Hernan Cortez wrote: "From time to time the men of Montezuma's guard brought him, in cups of pure gold, a drink made from the cocoa-plant, which they said he ...