cacao bean
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cacao bean
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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But it was silky and soothing, a balm for a throat scraped raw by jagged shards of cacao bean shells.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2015
To get any real benefits, you need to eat powdered, unsweetened raw cocoa or even cacao nibs, the heart of the cacao bean.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2015
Sloane also helped popularize the drinking of chocolate, made from the cacao bean, in England.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Each To’ak bar comes with a cacao bean in the center to remind you that chocolate comes from a tree—not a factory.
From Forbes ● Nov. 28, 2014
The liquified cacao bean put into the pots contains 54 to 55 per cent. of butter, whilst the cocoa press-cake taken out usually contains only 25 to 30 per cent.
From Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Knapp, Arthur William
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