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

Yellow cacao pod against a blue background

Opening cocoa pods to get beans in a plantation of Sao Tome Island, Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, 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 fruit on tree, Malekula, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Oceania

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

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

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

Raw chocolate, cocoa beans and cocoa pods.

Organic Chocolate Manufacturing. A person holding a handful of cocoa beans, the seed of Theobroma cacao, raw materials for chocolate making, Woodstock, New York, USA

Organic Chocolate Manufacturing. A person holding a handful of cocoa beans, the seed of Theobroma cacao, raw materials for chocolate making, Woodstock, New York, USA

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