Where do cocoa beans grow?
Cocoa bean producing countries are geographically located in a strip called the cocoa belt . These areas have the most favorable climate for growing cocoa beans.Although, in fact, in any apartment you can grow a small chocolate tree, which will give some cocoa beans.
The main producers of cocoa beans are located in the subtropical and tropical belts, in countries such as:
- South America
- Africa
- Southeast Asia
Countries of cocoa beans and their varieties
The taste of cocoa beans and chocolate , from which it is made, depends on several factors:- from a variety that is genetically determined,
- from the territory in which the cocoa beans were collected,
- from the mineral composition of the soil on which cocoa beans and fertilizers were used,
- of the total amount of precipitation that occurred during the cultivation of cocoa beans,
- the number of sunny days that were at the time of the growth of cocoa beans.
Interestingly, even cocoa bean grown on the same plantation, in the end, have completely different flavors.
Many people like natural chocolate made from cocoa beans so much that they start their own business for the production of chocolate from cocoa beans, or buy it on a franchise, which greatly simplifies the fulfillment of the chocolate dream.