Theobroma cacao

Cacao is a fruit that grows on the Theobroma cacao tree, blossoming in patches along the trunk and mid branches. The fruit is huge and oblong, resembling an American football, with a hard external shell that must be cracked open before the delights inside can be discovered.🌳🌈

Each fruit weighs roughly 500g and contains cacao beans (or seeds) and cacao pulp. The cacao beans are covered with pulp and arranged in rows that resemble a corn cob around the placenta or rachis. The cacao pods' seeds are eventually transformed into chocolate, while the white soft flesh is juicy and sweet, refreshing, and suggestive of a tropical fruit.🍫😋

How does cocoa affect blood pressure?
The flavanols in cocoa are thought to increase nitric oxide levels in the blood, which can reduce blood vessel tone and help lower blood pressure.

What is in cocoa?
Useful properties of cocoa - why you should eat it and how much ...
100 g of cocoa powder contains 24 g of protein, 15 g of fat, 10 g of carbohydrates, 35 g of dietary fiber, and 2 g of sugars. If we talk about vitamins, their content in 100 g is from 0.1 to 35% of the daily norm. The composition includes minerals: magnesium, phosphorus, manganese, iron, zinc.

Theobroma Cacao : The Fruit of Gods .

It is from the cacao seeds, beautifully stacked and integrated within each cacao pod- that we obtain the cacao paste. A cacao paste workable into chocolate and its many presentations. These seeds undergo a fermentation and drying protocol in order to reach full potential. It is through fermentation that this beautiful fruit begins its journey towards developing its flavor profile and medicinal qualities.

Ecuador’s ancestral cacao nacional, or cacao “fino de aroma”- as seen here is a cacao strain that identifies Ecuadorian cacao for its florar and fruity notes interwoven in the richness of the chocolate that we’ve grown to know and love. This small yellow and round pod is a national icon, farmers around the country are beginning to understand its intrinsic value and preserve the biodiverse jungles that birth it while rejecting genetically modified strains and the monoculture which rejects biodiversity 🌱

Who is harmful to cocoa?
children who have not reached the age of three do not need to introduce cocoa into their diet either; people with various kidney pathologies should also consume this drink extremely rarely, as the purines contained in its composition can accumulate in the body, increasing the risk of gout.

Who invented cocoa?
22 interesting facts about cocoa
It was the Aztecs who were the first to make a tart, spicy drink from cacao fruits, but it was very different from the well-known drink of today. The Aztecs prepared it from a mixture of water, corn (sweet corn), cocoa, vanilla, hot pepper and salt. Among the Aztecs, only representatives of the elite had the right to drink cocoa.

Grow your own Chocolate trees from seed. Cacao seeds have been a Maui Seeds Gardener favorite over the years. Cacao trees are incredibly easy to grow, just plant your fresh seeds in containers and keep 75-85 degrees. Cacao trees have very thin leave that will sunburn easily. Cacao is an ‘understory tree’ and will grow best in the shade or under larger trees (getting no direct light).
Our Cacao seeds are wet packed straight from the pod and will germinate in the mail on their way to you.
To add to your delight, we are including a sample of our ‘Maui Cacao Love Spell’ soap with every order of Cacao seeds until Feb.14th, 2024.
Get your fresh Maui grown Cacao seeds (and sample Cacao Love Spell soap) today!

Where did cocoa come from?
Cacao is a cultivated plant native to the tropical regions of South and Central America.

What is the benefit of cocoa?
daily use of cocoa improves metabolism; accelerate skin regeneration, thanks to the useful substances contained in the fruits of the chocolate tree; cocoa for children improves well-being and gives energy; thanks to dopamine, cocoa consumption improves mood and prevents depression.