Cocoa beans, unroasted, Ivory Coast

Product detailed description

100% unroasted cocoa, real chocolate in its purest and healthiest form.

The chopped cocoa beans are from Côte d'Ivoire. They are gently fermented, so they retain the typical chocolate aroma.

Who can imagine a world without chocolate today? Few of us can. However, it wasn't that long ago that we could start taking chocolate for granted. In 1519, the Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortés discovered the secret of the Aztec ruler's drink. The drink was dark, bitter, made from highly prized cocoa pods. At that time, 100 cocoa pods could buy one healthy slave. That already suggests why the Aztecs kept the dark drink a secret from all of Europe. In the 16th century. an attempt was made to import 200 tons of cocoa pods from Mexico to Spain, however, several ships were captured and the secret was revealed after 100 years. During the 17th century, the rest of Europe became acquainted with cocoa. It was most celebrated in Holland, Switzerland, England, Belgium, ... Until the 19th century, chocolate was consumed as a drink, but with the addition of sugar or milk. But always as a liquid. It was only about 150 years ago that humanity came up with candies, chocolate bars - exactly as we know chocolate today.

Cocoa beans are the starting material for the production of chocolate. Most of us perceive chocolate as a necessary unhealthy snack - necessary because chocolate makes up up to 1% of the food consumption of Western civilization, but with cocoa beans it is diametrically different. Cocoa beans are a SUPER FOOD and their properties are not negligible.

Do you feel good after eating chocolate? Chocolate is already diluted, try how pure cocoa – undiluted chocolate – affects you.

Someone once called the taste of raw, unroasted cocoa the mostchocolatey chocolate. This comparison is extremely apt. At the first taste, you will feel a strong, distinct chocolateiness, but without any traces of sweetness. This first encounter automatically invites a person to another tasting. Chopped cocoa beans are soft to the bite, similar to hazelnuts. They do not harm teeth and to a lesser extent they are also suitable for children. A person gradually gets used to cocoa beans within one 50g package. Many people miss the enormous sweetness of chocolate, but after consuming a bag, after tasting all the properties of the beans, no chocolate will seem chocolatey enough...

The provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on nutrition and health claims, do not allow us to inform you about the effects of cocoa beans on your body. Please find information about the effects in freely available sources or in the herbarium.

Traditional use:
Cocoa beans, as already mentioned, can be consumed instead of chocolate as a snack. It is suitable to use them in cooking, baking, preparing desserts, drinks or try making your own homemade chocolate. You don't eat as many cocoa beans as sweet chocolates, they immediately create a feeling of satiety.

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Country of origin: Ivory Coast

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