Chocolate, formerly known as cocoa, is a seed from the fruit of the cocoa tree. This kind of fruit that grows directly from the trunk and branches is also called cocoa pod. Mature cocoa nuts, that is, cocoa pods, will change from blue-green to yellow-brown or reddish-brown. Different tree species have different shapes, sizes and colors. Split the pod and you will see that the cocoa beans are wrapped in white floccules. Take out the beans, dry them in the sun and then bake them to make cocoa beans.
Cocoa grows in a very bad environment. Cocoa trees can only grow in tropical rain forest areas with an altitude of 30-300 meters and a rainfall of 65,438+0,002 mm between 20 degrees north and south latitude. The growth of cocoa trees needs sufficient sunshine and temperature, but it cannot be directly irradiated, so good shading and windproof measures must also be taken. The origin of coffee trees is in Ethiopia, Africa. Coffee (café) belongs to tropical woody plants, and climate is the decisive factor for coffee cultivation. Coffee trees are only suitable for growing in tropical or subtropical areas, so the area between 25 degrees north and south latitude is generally called coffee belt or coffee area. Other growth conditions being the same, the higher the altitude, the better the coffee quality. Coffee beans, commonly known as coffee beans, are actually the seeds of coffee trees. They are called coffee beans because they are shaped like beans.