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On the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico, the Mokayan people consumed cacao drinks by 1900 BC. Archaeological evidence from the Gulf Coast of Veracruz, Mexico, demonstrates cacao preparation by pre-Olmec peoples by 1750 BC. [16] Traces of cacao have been found in bowls and jars dated between 1800 and 1000 BC in the city of Puerto Escondido ...
On the Ecuadorian side, a spiral architectural structure, similar to Montegrande, was discovered at the Santa Ana-La Florida site in Palanda Canton, and the tomb of an elite personage was found, [3] as well as evidence of cocoa cultivation dating back 5,500 to 5,350 years, in other words 1,500 years older than that earlier found in Mexico ...
South America 5000 BCE [10] Avocado: Mexico c. 4200 BCE [11] Sea-island cotton: Peru 4000 BCE Common bean: Central America 3400 BCE [12] Mexican cotton: Tehuacan Valley, Mexico 3300 BCE [13] Cocoa: Ecuador 3000 BCE Sunflowers, [14] other beans: Arizona–New Mexico: 1500 BCE [15] Sweet potato: Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia 500 BCE [16 ...
The highest levels of cocoa flavanols are found in raw cocoa and to a lesser extent, dark chocolate, since flavonoids degrade during cooking used to make chocolate. [106] The beans contain theobromine, and between 0.1% and 0.7% caffeine, whereas dry coffee beans are about 1.2% caffeine. [107] Theobromine found in the cocoa solids is fat soluble ...
Theobroma cacao (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae. [1] [3] Its seeds - cocoa beans - are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. [4] Although the tree is native to the tropics of the Americas, the largest producer of cocoa beans in 2022 was ...
While Criollo and Amelonado were mapped to Central America, all the other sources were mapped to South America. [3] 2022 research added the Caquetá type, found in Colombia. [4] The notion that each tree is a certain type, for example, Criollo or Amelonado, has been challenged by research showing single trees producing cocoa pods of different ...
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Gliricidia sepium, often simply referred to as gliricidia or by its Spanish common name madre de cacao (also anglicized as mother of cocoa), [2] is a medium size leguminous tree belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is an important multi-purpose legume tree, [3] with a native range from Mexico to Colombia, but now widely introduced to other ...