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

Cocoa beans being planted at a cocoa nursery in Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Cocoa beans drying in Agboville, Ivory Coast, West Africa, 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

Cocoa beans and chocolate bars on wooden table

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

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

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

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

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

Woman holding cocoa beans in ther hands, Cocoa plantation Roca Aguaize, East coast of 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

Raw chocolate, cocoa beans and cocoa pods.

Raw chocolate, cocoa beans and cocoa pods on a white background.

Raw chocolate, cocoa beans and cocoa pods in a woven vegetable fiber box.

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

High angle close up hand holding crushed, roasted cocoa bean, Vietnam