What Is The Shape Of Cocoa Beans?
 

Cocoa beans are almond-shaped seeds that are found inside the fruit, or pod, of the cacao tree. We will see that it's an essential ingredient in the production of chocolate. Cocoa pods are what they make using cacao trees (Theobroma cacao). The flowers on this tiny Mexican tree bloom all year long. Approximately 1 in 500 of its white and pink flowers—a minuscule portion will mature into fruit. Pods grow on the stem and branches of the Theobroma cacao plant. Growers must take extreme care to prevent injuring cocoa trees when harvesting them. As picking pods is such a delicate operation. The growers do it using their hands.
 

Make Your Own Cocoa Beans
 

• Cocoa beans are the primary ingredient in chocolate. You can make your own milk or dark
       chocolate bars with the beans. Let’s see how:
   
• If you appreciate powerful, sophisticated bitter flavors, you can eat raw cocoa beans like nuts.
   
• Raw beans are quite healthy. These beans are so bitter, dark chocolate cannot be substituted.
   
• To help them fully develop their chocolate characteristics, you have to roast the beans before you
       separate them from their shells and ground them into tiny bits.