cacao bean

noun

Origin of cacao bean

First recorded in 1830–40

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Padilla-Brown had managed to ferment cacao beans with Cordyceps mycelium, a difficult trick given its temperamental nature.
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Infuse your spirit with toasted cacao nibsFirst, secure cacao “nibs,” or crumbs of fermented, dried cacao beans.
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It starts with where and how the cacao beans are grown and harvested by sourcing organic or fair-trade cacao.
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On a vine grows the monkey cacao bean, which these animals eagerly devour.
The Western World | W.H.G. Kingston
The curious thing is that on grinding the cacao bean in the heat of a tropical day we do not produce a powder but a paste.
Cocoa and Chocolate | Arthur W. Knapp

It is simply liquified cacao bean, and solidifies on cooling to a chocolate coloured block.
Cocoa and Chocolate | Arthur W. Knapp
Half of the cacao bean is fat, and the grinding breaks up the cells and liberates the fat, which at blood heat melts to an oil.
Cocoa and Chocolate | Arthur W. Knapp
As the raw cacao bean contains on the average about twelve and a half per cent.
Cocoa and Chocolate | Arthur W. Knapp

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