The cacao tree, which likely originated from South or Central America, naturally grows under the shade of other trees. But as demand for the crop increased worldwide and its cultivation spread to ...

We have the ancient Maya of Mesoamerica (which was made up of countries in what we now know as Central America ... It all starts with the cacao bean. Yes, we spelled that right - cacao is the ...

The ingredient we call cacao comes from the seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree, native to tropical regions of Central and South America. The cacao tree thrives in the hot, rainy climates found ...