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What's the difference between cocoa beans and coffee beans?
1. Different species: cocoa beans belong to the fruit of evergreen trees in Uterus, and coffee beans belong to the stone of coffee fruits in Rubiaceae. 2. Cocoa beans are generally used to make chocolate, and cocoa butter extracted from cocoa beans is also made into hot cocoa drinks, but coffee beans are generally used for drinking and cannot be used to make chocolate. 3. Different taste: Cocoa beans taste mellow, while coffee beans have a little bitterness. 4. Different shapes: cocoa beans are larger, and the surface is rougher than coffee beans, while coffee beans are smaller and the bean noodles are smoother.

Cocoa beans, also known as cocoa seeds, like to grow on gentle slopes formed by warm and humid climate and alluvial soil rich in organic matter, but are not suitable for growing in places with poor drainage, heavy clay or frequent typhoons.

Cocoa beans have different flavors everywhere, some are fruity and some are smoky. Today, the main producing areas of cocoa beans are Central and South America, West Africa and Southeast Asia.

Coffee beans refer to the fruits of plants used to make coffee. Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of coffee beans in the world, Arabica beans and Robusta beans. The fruit of coffee consists of two oval seeds. One side connected to each other is a flat joint, called lentil. But there is also a round seed called round bean, which has no different taste.