Our organic cacao nibs are made from cacao pods that are naturally fermented in banana leaves in the shade for three to five days. Shelled and husked, the nibs are never roasted or exposed to any additional heat so they maintain their delicate flavor. These cacao nibs come from beans raised...
The Cacao Tree (Theobroma cacaoif you’re into botany-speak) is the tree from which the cacao bean comes. Cacao beans are found inside the “fruit” of the tree, in football-sized pods. When we see “cacao nibs” or “powdered cacao” for sale, we are seeing the bean in its raw s...
Cacao (Criollo, or red kabos/pods in the picture) pollinated by the symbiant ant 3– Farmers cut and collect for harvest the Cacao pods 4 times a year for conventional (Forastero) and 2 times a year for superior (Criollo) Collecting the “Kabos” (the cacao pods) and bringing them to...
Cacao trees bear 20-30 large egg-shaped pods per year, each of which are about 20cm long and ripen to a rich orange-red colour. The cacao tree flowers and bears fruit throughout the entire year.Growing cacao is hard work and very labour intensive, as caring for and harvesting the pods ...
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Jackfruit trees produce huge fruits. Cacao seeds are used to make cocoa, but the trees are in trouble. Jackfruit seed powder may be a good substitute for cocoa.
unit of water transpired and per unit of net leaf area were greatest in the wettest plants.There was little difference between the effects of the wet and the medium treatments on flower production or setting or on cherelle wilt, though ultimately slightly more pods ripened on the wet plants....