It may be confusing to differentiate cocoa from cacao, but when it comes to the latter, you're likely thinking of the beans.

Those of us aligned with chocolate—the product of ground, roasted cacao beans—find it warm, comforting, ambrosial, and generally dismiss all things unchocolate as “vanilla,” meaning bland ...

While the price of cocoa – the key ingredient in chocolate made from roasted raw cacao beans – has fallen back by about 20 percent since its all-time high in December 2024, consumers are still ...

Grist reports that rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and ...

Cacao nibs are crunchy bits of dried and roasted cacao beans derived from the pods of the Theobroma cacao tree. They can later be turned into chocolate or cocoa powder. Cacao nibs can be enjoyed on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Angela Mason Foster Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer Few plants have shaped human civilization as profoundly as Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree. This ...