The cocoa bean, also known as cocoa or cacao, is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree. Due to its high fat content, the bean can be ground into a liquor, from which co
Raw chocolate
…Raw chocolate (raw ground chocolate paste when ground) is chocolate produced from unroasted cacao beans with minimal processing. Raw chocolate is produced from unroasted cocoa beans, sugar, and cocoa butter, and is characterized by the absence of roasting…
Pods at various stages of ripening
Beans in pulp in freshly cut pod
Beans: In pulp, in skin, and naked
Roasted nibs (pieces of kernels) are generally powdered and melted into chocolate liquor, but also inserted into chocolate bars to give additional texture or "crunch".