Cocoa Fruit Harvesting / Cocoa bean Processing / Cocoa Amazing Product

Small, delicate cocoa trees were first cultivated by the Mayans and then the Aztecs. They grow around the equatorial belt. The fruit of the cocoa tree, the pod, contains up to 40 beans. Hernan Cortes was the first to bring cocoa beans to Spain in the early 16th century. Cocoa beans were turned into cocoa paste to produce an exceptional beverage and, from the 19th century, solid bars of chocolate.