Man holding a open cocoa bean (cacao bean) (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Cacao (cocoa) beans freshly harvested and ready for making into chocolate, Belize, Central America

The cocoa bean (cacao bean) (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Drying cocoa beans, Malekula, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Oceania

Cocoa fruit on tree, Malekula, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Oceania

Cocoa beans in one hand, close-up, cocoa factory, batete, organic, Equatorial Guinea, Africa

The cocoa bean, also cacao bean (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic ocean, Africa

Young cocoa beans, also cacao beans (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic ocean, Africa

Drying cocoa beans, Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic ocean, Africa

Woman holding cocoa beans in ther hands, Cocoa plantation Roca Aguaize, East coast of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Cacao factory, Grenada island, Caribbean, Central America

Cacao factory, Grenada island, Caribbean, Central America

A pile of colorful Cacao (Theobroma cacao) pods in Choroni, Venezuela.