There is such a fruit, called the gold of the tree, the flesh is like mangosteen, the taste is like almonds, and it can also make a mellow and rich chocolate, which makes many girls have no resistance.
It is the cocoa fruit.
Cocoa can be made into a rich chocolate, a food that many girls have no resistance to.
Around 500 BC, the ancient Indians initially ate only the fresh flesh of the cocoa fruit, because the cocoa bean was bitter and difficult to swallow. Once, I accidentally threw the cocoa beans into the fire, and the seductive aroma of the cocoa beans when roasted dry attracted everyone. Thus, the legendary history of chocolate is solved.
The environment in which cocoa nuts are grown
The predecessor of this chocolate only grew in a narrow strip of land within twenty degrees of latitude. In the tropics, which are hot all year round, it can blossom and bear fruit in all four seasons. Cacao trees are found throughout the humid tropical lowlands and are commonly found in the shade of tall trees. The trunk is solid and the branches stretch like an umbrella cover. The flowers are pink, small and foul-smelling, and grow directly on the branches. Cocoa trees are cultivated for several years before they bear fruit, and each plant produces about 60 to 70 fruits per year.
Chocolate comes from cacao beans from the cacao tree
The fruit of the cacao tree is called the cacao fruit, and the cacao fruit contains seeds and cocoa beans.
The flesh and seeds are fermented before they have aromas, and the acid is gradually milded by drying for several days. After a series of processes such as drying, dust removal, baking, crushing, shelling, grinding, etc., the cocoa butter is liquefied and becomes a slurry, called chocolate syrup.
After the chocolate syrup is re-pressed, it can be made into cocoa butter and cocoa powder, or with cocoa butter and other ingredients, to make a variety of chocolates.
A piece of high-quality chocolate contains at least 18% cocoa butter. This kind of tree gold originally existed around us in another capacity
Do you understand the past and present lives of cocoa?